One more and they’re done ten victories in the last eleven games. Paula Badosa reached the quarterfinals for the first time at the WTA 500 in Washington, a height she had not reached since Rome in 2023. And this time she outdid herself again. The Catalan tennis player defeated Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova this morning in just over an hour of play.
Badosa scored a fantastic first set, dominating and always on top to make it 6-3. Although, it is true that the Russian had a break ball on the Spaniard’s second turn of serve, but he lifted it. The second set is even better, huge and no options for a Pavlyuchenkovanumber 28 in the world, who It went from more to less during the meeting and that little one he can do (6-2).
In crushing Badosa’s non-stop monologue to Pavlyuchenkova In the quarterfinals of the WTA 1,000 in Cincinnati, the Spaniard will face Jessica Pegula in the semi-finals. The American, ranked sixth in the world, suffered to defeat Leylah Fernández, after doing it in three sets, 7-5, 6-7, and 7-6, in three hours and four minutes.
In the two occasions where Badosa faced Pegula, the Catalan tennis player did not win any victories, retiring after some physical discomfort in Miami in 2022 and falling in Charleston in 2023. On the other side of the table , Poland’s Iga Swiatek will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in one of the expected semifinals in Cincinnati.
Badosa is having an unstoppable moment this summer. The Catalan hurt Pavlyuchenkova after doing so to all her rivals without losing a set so far in the tournament. This coming Sunday she will play the fourth semifinal of the WTA 1,000 in her entire career, her first since Indian Wells was held in March 2022.
Semifinals in Cincinnati
Women’s draw:
Jessica Pegula – Paula Badosa
Iga Swiatek – Aryna Sabalenka
The
Male box:
Jannik Sinner – Alexander Zverev
Frances Tiafoe – Holger Rune
Source: La Verdad
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