Already installed in recent months at a reliable cruising speed, Paula Badosa has achieved another solid victory over the Beatriz Haddad Maia (6-3, 6-2 in 1h.29′) and advanced to the WTA semi-finals on hard courts in Ningbo (China).
The Catalan tennis player, 26 years old and world no.
@paulabadosa entered the semifinals in Ningbo after defeating Haddad Maia in straight sets.#NingboOpen pic.twitter.com/ocDXzuFhRC
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Badosa will be looking for a place in the final in Ningbo this Saturday at 10:30 Spanish time, where he will face Daria Kasatkina (11th), who saved two match-balls before defeating the Kazakh in the quarterfinals Yulia Putintseva6-4, 1-6 and 7-6 (6) after 2h.41′ of play.
Paula dominates the Russian in her specific crosses (3-2), including the last two, the most recent in the 3rd round of Wimbledon (7-6, 4-6, 6-4). In the former, in Stuttgart’2023the Spaniard inflicted a crushing defeat on Kasatkina with a double 6-1. Daria won the title this year (Eastbourne) and played four more finals (Adelaide, Abu Dhabi, Charleston and Seoul).
With this new victory, Badosa continued its positive streak of games and results and reached its second semi-final on the Chinese tour after Beijingwhere the Americans Coco Gauff He closed the door on the final.
Having overcome a back injury that led him down the path of bitterness and condemned him to world no.
There are now 21 victories in their last 25 games since their title Washington: semi-finals of Cincinnati WTA 1,000quarters of US Opensemi-finals of Beijing WTA 1,000 and semifinals in Ningbo with options to continue the climb that again puts them on the threshold of the world top-10.
Source: La Verdad
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