The Spanish Paula Badosa You will have a very special Thursday. Not only will he debut in a Grand Slam semifinals, probably from 09:30 in the Spanish morning, but he will do it against one of his best friends, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenkawho will be his rival.
This was decided by the world number one and double champion of the Australian Open, 27 years old. He defeated the Russian in his quarterfinal match Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova by 6-2, 2-6 and 6-3 in 1h.54′. Badosa, 27 years old and number 12, has already done his job, beating the American Coco Gauff by 7-5 and 6-4.
The toughest yet for Badosa, as Sabalenka is the absolute queen of Melbourne thanks to her two consecutive titles, looking for a first treble since the Swiss. Martina Hingis from 1997 to 1999. Had 19 consecutive match wins, 26 at the Grand Slam since he won the last US Open. He is undefeated this season, before this Grand Slam he won in Brisbane: his balance is 10-0.
But he also has to deal with the pressure of being an opponent to beat, and sometimes he accuses him. She suffered against Pavlyuchenkova because “the conditions were very difficult.” A lot of air, he found that the ball “is very difficult”, which is difficult for him to get out.
She endured Pavlyuchenkova who went down physically, and landed the punch in time, once giving up the competition.
Cross over Paula Badosa, which ensured a return to the world top-10. Sabalenka will retain the No. 1 if he has a better result than the Polish Iga Swiatek.
Eighth meeting between Sabalenka and Badosa, with 5-2 in the balance, although the Belarusian dominated the last five. As a recent precedent, Roland Garros 2024: 7-5 and 6-1. Although the Catalan still has not solved the problem of the lumbar injury. Once the problem was under control, he rediscovered his quality to knock on the door of the elite. It is on the path of the finalists in Australia, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Conchita Martínez and Garbiñe Muguruza.
Source: La Verdad
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