Paula Badosawith suffering, comebacks and nearly three hours of play against the American Peyton Stearnssecured his first victory of 2025 and qualification for the second round of the Adelaide tournament.
The Spaniard, fifth favorite, won 6-7(5), 6-3 and 7-5 and broke a four-match losing streak that ended in 2024. In Ningbo, China, in the final round of the Billie Cup Jean King, when the United Arab Emirates and on the last day of last year, December 31, in the first round in Brisbane.
Paula Badosa had to rely on faith so that she would not miss the match against a rival located lower in the ranking, in 47th place, and whom she defeated with authority last year, in Cincinnati. But the clash began against the tide against the North American who scored in the first round.
The Spaniard, twelfth in the world, responded well and got back on track, but in the final round he suffered again. He was 4-2 and served but Stearns resurfaced and leveled the situation until he sealed victory.
Badosa will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk and American Ashlyn Krueger in the second round.
In addition, the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva advanced to the draw, defeating the Croatian Dona Vekic (6-2 and 6-3) and who will play in the second round against the winner of the duel between the American Danielle Collins, fourth seed, and the Tunisian Ons Jabeur.
Australian Emerson Jones eliminated Chinese Xinyu Wan 6-4 6-0 and will play Russian Daria Kasatkina who defeated Australian Olivia Gadcki 6-2 6-3.
The Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the executioner of the Canadian Leylah Fernandez (6-4, 3-6 and 6-2) will be the rival of the second favorite, the American Emma Navarro, while the Czech Marketa Vondrousova who defeated the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6-4, 6-7(4) and 6-2) will play the second leg against the winner of the match between Czech Katerina Siniakova or Russian Diana Shnaider, sixth seed.
Source: La Verdad
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