The Spanish Paula Badosa27 years old and world No. 12, had an excellent second half of last season, leading the best development of the year 2024 on the WTA Tour. Close to returning to the world top-10, he has placed himself in a good seeding number for the Australian Open draw, which however has not been kind to him. A path full of powerful traps lay before him.
The Catalan will start his sixth appearance in Melbourne against the Chinese Xinyu Wang23 years old and No. 37. A high ranking for an unseeded guy. This is their first confrontation.
Then the student of Pol Toledo His path will cross with Tunisian Zeynep Sonmez or Australian Talia Gibson. Concessions for Badosa are over. In the third, the Ukrainian Marta Kostyukseventeenth favorite and quarterfinalist in the last edition.
In the round of 16 he will meet the American Jessica Pegula. At quarters, another North American, Coco Gauffthat Badosa is usually good, who in the semis will face his Belarusian friend Aryna Sabalenkaworld no. 1 and current champion. On the other side of the draw, Polish Iga Swiatek will be in contention for a place in the final.
Paula Badosa will continue to take risks at Melbourne Park, where she wants to go past the round of 16 in 2022, her best result at the first Grand Slam of the season. He came with setbacks and successes in his filming in Brisbane and Adelaide.
The Galician Jessica Bouzas He had even worse luck with the draw. Making her debut against British Sonay Kartal, she will now find herself in the second round against Aryna Sabalenka, who began her title defense in a trap match against American Sloane Stephens, a former US Open champion and former world top- 10.
The Cantabrian Cristina Bucsa She will have French Chole Paquet as her first opponent, followed by Canadian Leylah Fernandez and with Coco Gauff in the third round.
Nuria Parrizas She starts with American Iva Jovic, then she will face Kazakh Elena Rybakina, sixth seed.
Source: La Verdad
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