Paula Badosa26 years old, has waited a long time for this moment to come. Unleashed after leaving behind her chronic back painthe tennis player from Begur has hit the table in this edition of Wimbledon.
After leaving the Czechs Karolina Muchova and Brenda Fruhvirtova, Pol Toledo’s pupil, in the gutter This Friday, he stopped the winning streak of Daria Kasatkina, his victim, 7-6(6), 4-6 and 6-4, in 2 hours and 50 minutes. . He presented a statistic with 44 winners and 57 unforced errors.
The Russian, 12th in the world, had won her last seven matches on the British grasswhich had earned her the WTA 500 trophy in Eastbourne.
A few months ago I didn’t know if I would be able to continue playing tennis
With 5-3 up for the Spanish and 15-15 Everything stopped due to a medical emergency among the fans present on court 3.
The interruption hurt Paula, who needed to take the lead in the score after the sudden death. Kasatkina then secured a draw and led 4-2 in the third set. It was then that the Spaniard remembered those times that she was the second racket in the world and began to distribute winners from all sides and from all positions.
Badosa, who had reached the third major without making much noise, now equals his best result in the contest, which dated back to 2021 and 2022. This allows it to climb up to 30 positions on the lists: it goes from 93rd to 63rd place.. And his ambition is to continue climbing. In the next round she will meet the winner of the match between Dayana Yastremska and Donna Vekic.
To find the last time Paula had won three wins in the same tournament, we had to go back to the land of the Foro Itlico in Rome.
