Paula Badosa knocked Bara down to two-time champion Kvitova

Paula BadosaSi, 24 years old and world number 4, is regaining the silence needed to unleash his potential in tennis unconditionally. After suffering the pressure of being favorites in their most natural territory, the clay, which ended in a muscle injury in a calf in Roland Garrostakes a course on a grass complex but at the same time fun.

If it sweeps away the American louis chirico6-2 and 6-1 in 56 minutes, combined positive emotions against a more aggressive opponent, the Romanian irina bara, 27 years old and 122 in the ranking. The Spaniards followed the forecast, 6-3 and 6-2 at 1h.12 ‘.

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Badosa will have a harder test in the third round. To match the last 16 of the last edition, he had to beat one of the most successful table tennis players, the left -handed Czech. Petra Kvitovachampion in 2011 and 2014.

He saved his career in an operating room after a robber attacked his house with a knife, which he held to the side to defend himself, and he proceeded with great enthusiasm, especially on a lawn he was leading.

Has experience, 32 years, and fit. Now twenty -sixth in the world, he just won the Eastoburne WTA tournament, his fifth title on the grass. He defeated Badosa in 2020 Australian Open by 7-5 and 7-5.

Badosa and Kvitova were able to beat Romanian tennis, when the Central European defeated Ana Bogdan 6-1, 7-6 (5). With suspense in a second I knew he dominated 5-2 and 5-4 with a match point. He had to fight until the ‘tiebreak’ tracing balls to avoid landing in the third set.

Catalan is stable. His service worked: 24 points on 27 with first serve, 5 aces, 4 double faults. A single ‘break’ battle, when he was ahead of the scoreboard in the first set. Balanced, convinced. Strong but also handy, showing drop shots. An impressive performance, ideal to enter a more complex stage.

He left Paris very annoyed, he could not recover from his debut on the lawn, lost to Eastbourne against Julie Burragebut it is breathing.

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“I played aggressively and smartly, I knew it was going to be a match with a lot of exchanges. I was happy to enter the third round of a very special tournament,” Paula Badosa declared in court.

“I have never stop dreaming, working daily,” he added, explaining why he has gone from the top-100 to number four (it was two) in the world in just two seasons.