MADRID, 29 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa has passed the third round of the Beijing tournament, in the WTA 1,000 category and played on hard courts, after beating the Slovak Rebecca Sramkova this Sunday (7-5, 7-5), and will meet in the round of 16 in the final with the second favorite of the Chinese competition, the American Jessica Pegula.
Badosa, current number 19 in the world, needed one hour and 49 minutes to get rid of the number 61 in the WTA ranking in a match in which she started with a 4-0 that put her on track for victory in the first set. Even so, his rival returned both breaks to make it 5-5.
The Catalan had to sign a new ‘break’ in the twelfth game to win the set, and began the second defending her serve. In addition, he defended himself against three breaking balls before giving up on the fourth, during the ninth game, which resulted in a 4-5 disadvantage.
However, Badosa knew how to react and won the next three games, which allowed him to take the set and end the contest. Now, she will face the world number three in the round of 16, the American Jessica Pegula, who also came back this Sunday against the Russian Veronika Kudermetova (6-7(9), 6-1, 6-2).