Paula Badosa will face each other in the early hours of Saturday to Sunday (03:00, Eurosport) in the round of 16 of the Open the Australia to Olga Danilovic, a 23-year-old Serbian and 55th in the worldwho surprised the American Jessica Pegula, seed number 7, in the third round. Last year was her explosion. She won her second title in Guangzhou (she had been champion in the River Cup in Moscow in 2018). This was not the first time he surprised a top-10. At the 2024 Madrid Open she eliminated another American, Danielle Collins. And now it threatens Badosa's continuity in the tournament. Novak Djokovic celebrated his victorywho had just eliminated the Czech Tomas Machac.
Links with Spain
Olga's story is interesting, because she is the daughter of a basketball legend, Predrag Danilovic, a player for Partizan and Bologna in Europe, and for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks in the NBA.in addition to having been continental champion twice with Yugoslavia and twice with Serbia, with the silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games as the culmination. Predrag played in the 1991-92 season with Partizan in Fuenlabrada, the team's exile due to the Balkan War, and they won the Euroleague, with him being MVP of the Final Four.
His daughter, born in Belgrade, like Djokovic, with whom he coincided and played the mixed doubles in the penultimate United Cupalso has links with Spain, because its coaches are Spaniards, Pepo Clavethis mentor, who had his brother Pato in his hands, and other Tennis players such as Mónaco, Corretja, Robredo, Verdasco, Feliciano López and Khachanov; and Alejandro García Cenzano, 27-year-old coach and sparring partner from Madridwho trained in his day with Nadal, Thiem, Kyrgios, Muguruza, Azarenka, Pliskova, Khachanov and Nishikori, and prepared Tamara Zidansek or Veronica Cepede.
-The two are in Melbourne with Danilovic, enjoying his success. Furthermore, Olga, who lives in Madrid, is the sentimental partner of the Slovenian goalkeeper of Atlético de Madrid, Jan Oblakwho always supports his career. This is the second time he has reached the round of 16 in a Grand Slam, after doing so at Roland Garros last year. In 2024 he couldn't get past the previous one in Australia and now…
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