Paula Badosa made a comeback and advanced to the quarterfinals in Ningbo

Paula Badosa This Wednesday he continued to expand on the good feelings he has been showing in recent weeks. The Catalan tennis player has entered the quarterfinals of the Ningbo Chinese 500 tournamenton the hard court, after defeating by 6-7(4), 6-1 and 6-2 locally Xiu Wang.

It was a match in which the Spanish player was inferior. Badosa started uncertainly in the second service that Wang repeatedly punished him. He lost his serve twice in the first set, but the Chinese player did not take advantage of his options, especially at 5-4 on serve, and the match ended in a tie-break where Badosa, who had a lot of unforced errors, surrendered a 5-0 impenetrable start. Despite two set point saves, Paula surrendered 7-4 in the third.

Badosa was forced to return and did so with mixed sensations. He began to find his place on the court, moving with his forehand, looking for directions and, above all, improving his service performance. Wang, world number 98, was giving ground to Badosa’s well-oiled tennis from below and found himself with a quick 6-1 down that sent the match into the third set.

After a visit to the Chinese player’s locker room, the scenario did not change a bit in the third round where Badosa, sharp in her service games and among others, walked with solid step towards 6-2 which earned him a ticket to the quarterfinals. The winner of the duel between the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and the British Katie Boulter awaits them next Friday.

He does this after maintaining his good feelings from the last tournaments. The one in Ningbo was the fourth consecutive tournament in which they reached at least the quarterfinalsafter their semifinals in Cincinnati, the quarterfinals of the US Open and the semifinals in Beijing. Although the list of eight participants in the WTA Finals has been closed, Badosa continues to look forward to a highly sought-after top 10 finish in this tournament.