Paula Badosa will play his game this Thursday second round of the WTA 1000 in Rome. It is anti-American Emma Navarro at the last turn of the Pietrangeli track.
What is certain for Badosa is a duel against a rival who is the twenty-first seed in the table and is therefore not included in the first round dispute. This is not the case for the Spaniard, who used his protected rank to play in Rome and achieved a superb opening victory over Mirra Andreeva 6-2 and 6-3.
This will be a match that represents one more game for Badosa. He faced a Navarro who was one of the players of the moment, in good condition and in a growing moment at twenty-two years old. Navarro has established himself in the top 20 of the ranking in what has been a very fruitful year for him.. Champion on the hard court in Hobart at the start of the year, he took a step forward in the group of early season tournaments.
Clay courts are more expensive in recent weeks, with early losses in Charleston and Madrid. Will try to take advantage of it Badosa, who seeks to find regular results to leave his ordeal with physical problems. Since Rome last year, he has only reeled off two straight victories at the 2024 Australian Open, an example of the many problems he has been dealing with since the lumbar vertebra fracture that derailed his bid for the 2023 season.
Therefore, he was given the opportunity to try to break that ceiling and gain confidence ahead of Roland Garros. Furthermore, after great sensations shown in the first round against Mirra Andreeva after dominating the game with authority. Badosa will try to replicate that fluidity from the back court against Navarro, in what will be the first match between the two players.
With the previous four matches starting at 11:00, the duel was expected, at the fifth turn of Pietrangeli, starts in the late afternoon, between 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm, approximately, if the day will be normal, because the rain is already felt this Wednesday. The winner of the match will face the winner of Liudmila Samsonova-Diana Shnaider in the third round.
Source: La Verdad
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