The Spanish suffers the comeback of the Swiss in search of another semifinal and number two in the world
MADRID, 8 Apr. (SportsFinding) –
The Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa ran into (2-6, 7-6(2), 6-4) with the Swiss Belinda Bencic this Friday in her quest to repeat the semifinals in the tournament in Charleston (United States), of the WTA 500 category and which is played on clay.
The Catalan, who aspired to number two in the world in South Carolina, suffered the revenge of a Bencic who managed to redirect her game to avoid a new defeat against the Spanish, who beat her last year in the same appointment and two other times later .
Badosa left a perfect first set, aggressive to the rest from the first game, with two ‘breaks’ and a solid game to get 2-6. The Swiss went to the locker room, spent more time than allowed, and tried to make a forced chip change. She did not let the Spanish, who returned to the charge and got 3-4 and serve.
In a long eighth game, Bencic found his moment to recover the ‘break’ and, after saving the attacks of his rival, forced a sudden death in which he was much superior. The Spanish did not throw in the towel, but the Olympic champion already enjoyed the level recovered in recent weeks, in a high-flying you-to-you.
Badosa began by losing his serve but also showed his momentum, affected in Miami by that abandonment in the quarters due to illness. The Catalan recovered the ‘break’ but the Swiss hit again, definitively, to go to the semifinals, a round that the Spanish will not repeat in the green land of Charleston.