Paula Badosa earned her first victory of the preseason

Paula Badosa27 years old and world number 12, has said goodbye to World Tennis League (WTL) in their first win of the preseason after suffering four first losses in the two previous days of this exhibition of mixed teams in Abu Dhabi.

The Catalan tennis player became part of the team eagles next to your partner, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Shevchenko and Iga Swiatek and, between the four of them, this Saturday they have already passed the Falcons (20-15), which did not prevent them from finishing fourth and last in the league.

The Falcons clinched their spot in Sunday’s finals on Friday. On the other hand, the Eagles are out of options after earlier losing against the Kites (20-25) and the hawks (14-21). The Hawks beat the Kites (20-17) and will face the Falcons in the final.

Each WTL match consists of four matches decided in one set: one men’s singles, one women’s singles and two doubles chosen by the team that wins the draw between men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.

Badosa and Swiatek won (6-2) Elena Rybakina and Caroline Garcia in the women’s doubles match and thus contributed to the Eagles’ victory. Tsitsipas-Shevchenko They lost too Rublev-Shapovalov (6-4) and, in singles, Swiatek defeated Rybakina (6-3) and Tsitsipas lost against Rublev (6-1).

World Tennis League

Abu Dhabi

THURSDAY
Falcons-Hawks, 29 sets to 26
Eagles-Sarangola, 20-25

FRIDAY
Eagles-Hawks, 14-21
Falcons-Kites, 24-21

SATURDAY
Falcons-Eagles, 15-20
Hawks-Kites, 20-17

SUNDAY (end)
Falcons-Hawks
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TheBADOSA’S MATCHES
Thursday
Paolini-Halep defeated Badosa-Swiatek, 7-5
Paolini-Ruud over Badosa-Shevchenko, 6-4
friday
Sabalenka in Badosa, 6-2
Sabalenka-M. Andreeva in Badosa-Swiatek, 6-1
Saturday
Badosa-Swiatek over Rybakina-Garcia, 6-2