Paula Badosa grows every day on the women's circuit. This Thursday she submitted in two sets (6-4 and 6-1) the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (26 years old and 46th in the world) to get into the third round of Wimbledon for the first time, where she will not face the seed number three of the tournament, Elina Svitolina, because the Ukrainian hit a good blow against the Polish Magda Linette (6-3 and 6-4 ), who will be the Catalan's rival on Saturday. “He loves to play grass, very straight and has good timing,” Paula said about her.
Badosa was not quite well and had to take a pill at the end of the first set (“Maybe due to nerves, it was in the belly. It calmed me down,” he explained later “), but on the track it was not noticed, because it was used with force and determination, with those flat shots that do so much damage and the ability to lift the cutbacks of her rival, who became desperate with the passing of the minutes with the defenses and the counterattacks of the Spanish, who finished with a very balanced account of 20 shots winners and 13 unforced errors, and 71% of points won with first serves.
In his must, the eight double faults that complicated, especially the first round. “It is something that I am working on. Maybe sometimes I get more aggressive from the account. Although the accounts are coming out, it is something that I have to work on,” he argued. In the second he passed over Putintseva with very few errors and without conceding a single break opportunity.
“I always want more”
Paula has virtually settled in the top-30 (at the moment she is 29th) and does not seem to have a ceiling at this point in her career. He is fine physically and tennis. In addition, he still has room for improvement, for example, in the variety of his game. What he already has is a name on the circuit … and the respect of his opponents. “I am eager, motivated and excited. And I always want more. I am very ambitious. I always look further, but I must be focused game by game, “he said.
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