MADRID 23 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa faces the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, world number one, this Thursday in the semifinals of the Australian Open (9:30 a.m.), the first ‘Grand Slam’ of the season to be played on a hard surface, in a duel against the champion of the last two editions in which the Catalan, who has already reached her ceiling in Melbourne, aspires to get into her first ‘big’ final.
Badosa has a date with history this Thursday at the Rob Laver Arena. The Spanish tennis player has the possibility of entering what would be her first Grand Slam final. A company that will not have anything easy considering that in front of it will be the current number one in the world and the champion in the last two editions of the tournament, who has the challenge of winning the third title in a row since 1999, the year in which Martina Hingis won it. achievement.