On November 11, 2021, Paula Badosa She became the fifth Spanish tennis player to enter the select group of 'top10' in racket sport. He joined Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Conchita Martínez, Carla Suárez and Garbiñe Muguruza.
Next January 27, when the ranking is updated, Paula aspires to be among the top ten again. At the moment, she is virtually number 10 on the charts, to the detriment of Danielle Collins. But Madison Keys has a mathematical chance of passing it based on her result in the Open.
This Sunday, Badosa equaled his best result in a 'Grand Slam' tournament (he was in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, in 2021, and the US Open, in 2024) after defeating Olga Danilovic, for 6-1 and 7-6(1), in 1 hour and 20 minutes.
To find the last Spaniard who made it this far in the capital of Victoria, you have to go back to Garbiñe, in 2020. Pol Toledo's pupil It is only the sixth national racket among the eight best of the 'major' of the Antipodes after Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Conchita Martínez, Virginia Ruano, Carla Suárez and Muguruza.
After the video the other day, I had to be calm
Paula Badosa
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The little that Danilovic could do in the initial round is avoid the mess because he lost the first five games. The tennis player with Spanish coaches, Alejandro García and Pepo Clavet, It took 33 minutes to get ahead on the scoreboard. It was 1-0 in the second set. That gave her a little push because she immediately broke her opponent's serve.
The Serbian served to make it 3-0. Failed. Then he returned to the charge and He had a 5-2, which did not help him to sign the draw either. because Badosa is infinitely better. The outcome died in sudden death.
Tsitsipas, on the Badosa bench.
Paula joked about the gestures that went viral in the previous round, telling her coach to come out and play: “After the video the other day, I had to be calm“. Stefanos Tsitsipas returned to his partner's bench.
Number 1 and 3, on the way to the final
The eleventh seed, which is at the top of the draw, already knows that to lift the trophy they will have to beat the best. And in the penultimate round She will face Coco Gauff (3) and in a theoretical semi-final against Aryna Sabalenka (1). Paula was number 2 on April 25, 2022.
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