Today is Thursday. Paula Badosa will play the most important game of her career. It’s up against Aryna Sabalenka for a place in the grand final of the Australian Open, a lavish event that will focus the attention of the tennis world.
The impeccable career of the Catalan player led him to break the quarterfinals wall at a Grand Slam, something that seemed unthinkable just a few months agowhen physical problems caused his game to suffer and his ranking dropped even out of the top 100.
“I’m not going to feel free until the tournament is over. That’s my personality and my character, because I really want to win. In the last rounds my level increased, I want to be one hundred percent” he assured after his brilliant victory over Coco Gauff.
“Aryna shows why she is number one, very consistent, aggressive and very intense” added a full Badosa.
It will, no doubt, be a tall order for her as Sabalenka is the absolute queen of Melbourne thanks to her two consecutive titles.looking for the first treble since Swiss Martina Hingis from 1997 to 1999. There are 19 consecutive matches won, 26 in the Grand Slam since she won the last US Open. He is undefeated this season, before this Grand Slam he won in Brisbane: his balance is 10-0.
This will be the eighth meeting between Sabalenka and Badosa, with the balance 5-2, although the Belarusian has 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.
An appointment for which there is already an official day and time. The match will be played this Thursday at 09:30 Spanish peninsular timein the first shift of the afternoon session in Melbourne.
Next, another duel will be held, which will face Iga Swiatekwho defeated Emma Navarro, eighth seed, 6-1 and 6-2, and Madison Keyswho suffered to win her match against Elina Svitolina (3-6, 6-3 and 6-4).
Swiatek and Keys have met five times. Four of them were won by the Polishincluding the last two, in 2024, in Madrid and Rome, both on land. Keys’ only win was in Cincinnati, in 2022.
Source: La Verdad
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