Paula Badosa He equaled his best Grand Slam result by reaching the quarterfinals of the US Open. At Roland Garros 2021 he was inexperienced, the pressure he put on himself, seeing himself superior to his rival, the Slovenian, got the better of him. Tamara Zidansek.
He has matured based on results and blows (the complex lumbar injury that hampered him in 2023 and that continues to be a threat), and he is in a sweet moment of form, he is revealing his best source in New York. And when he performs at his best, he is one of the greats, capable of anything.
Being in the penultimate round, among the best eight in the tournament, means being fully in the fight for the title. There are three games, which is an illusion, although also a long journey because the women’s individual team is very strong.
In the lower part Paula Badosa The game is played this Tuesday with a rival that does not have a champion name Coco Gauff, his victim in the second round, but very strong in what was the period of his confirmation. Emma Navarro almost entered the top-10 from her twelfth position, at the age of 23 and then went to college professionals, becoming an NCAA champion.
A complicated fight for Badosa, although he started with the same possibilities and experience as his rival, like him, born in New York but raised in other lands.
The best will have the Australian Open champion, No. 2 and recent winner of the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati, the Belarusian, in the semifinals. Aryna Sabalenka or the gold medalist in Paris 2024, the Chinese Qianwen Zhengstudent of Catalan coach Pere Riba, who became the US Open directing champion Coco Gauff in 2023.
At the top everything points to a head-on clash in the quarterfinals between the Polish Iga SwiatekNo. 1 and lifted the trophy in 2022, and the American Jessica Pegulathis summer champion in Canada and finalist in Cincinnati. The European has to deal with the Russian first Lyudmila Samsonova. The American eliminated the Russian in the round of 16 Diana Schneider 6-4, 6-2.
The survivor can compete in the semis with the Czech Karolina Muchova which reached that round in 2023 and the Italian has now been eliminated in the round of 16 Jasmine Paolini by 6-3 and 6-3. His opponent in the quarterfinals is the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maiato his best result by surpassing the Danish Caroline Wozniacki by 6-2, 3-6 and 6-3.
A very strong team, with proven Grand Slam champions and candidates with the quality to inaugurate the awards, like Iga Swiatek himself.
TOP PORTION OF PHOTO
Iga Swiatek (Pol/1) or Liudmila Samsonova (Rus/16)-Jessica Pegula (USA/6)
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra/22)-Karolina Muchova (Che)
LOWER PART OF THE FRAME
Paula Badosa (Esp/26)-Emma Navarro (USA/13)
Qinwen Zheng (Chn/7)-Aryna Sabalenka (Blr/2)
Source: La Verdad
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