After her difficult debut on Australian soil against Victoria Azarenka last week in Adelaide, Paula Badosa has taken the point to the Australian courts In which he was unable to compete just last year because he contracted the coronavirus on one of the flights that arrived in Melbourne from Abu Dhabi. “I’m very excited to be able to be playing here from the beginning,” he said. The Spanish, who beat an Aussie rival, Ajla Tomljanovic, 6-3, 6-4 in 89 in the second round of the Sydney Tennis Classic. This Thursday will face Ocean Dodin or Belinda Bencic in the quarterfinals, whose game was postponed because of the rain until the next day when the French won 6-2 and 5-6 to the Swiss. So tomorrow, one of the two will have to play twice in a row. By the way, Badosa and Muguruza could meet in the semifinals.
Badosa, fifth seed, beat Tomljanovic by muscle in a game of long exchanges and hard hitting, which had up to 13 breaks, because the remains were imposed on the serves in most of the occasions, although the tennis player born in Zagreb, 28 years old and 45th in the world, committed seven double faults that weighed her down and Paula punished 77% of her second serves. the points (20/26). “It was a very tough match, and I expected it, because here there are great players and she is a fighter. There have been many exchanges. I am very happy to have won.”, said the Catalan born in New York, who accepted the challenge of exchanging blows on a “very fast” track. “I’m trying to adapt, there is also a lot of humidity, but I was expecting the heat, because it is summer, so the conditions are tough. I hope to continue playing at least until next week.”, desire.
The fact is that in the first set he was on the way to submitting Tomljanovic quickly because he took advantage of the four break points he had and had a 4-1 with 0-40 to make it 5-1, but the Australian held on to the court and Bravely and in front of an audience that supported her, she tried to react and opened the second set with a break. Badosa responded by winning three consecutive games, Ajla scored another three and the last three were again for Paula, who showed that she has not wasted time from a physical point of view in the preseason.
Results WTA Sydney Tennis Classic.
Martinez stalls against Evans
Pedro MartÃnez, who had had a very positive debut at the Sydney Tennis Classic against local Alexei Popyrin (double 6-4), could not with the increasingly solid Daniel Evans. The 31-year-old Briton, 26th in the world, won 6-2, 6-3 in 80 minutes with only eight unforced errors and not a break ball against him. The Alzireño, on the other hand, was not fine with the service and lost it four times in the four opportunities available to his rival, who showed a remarkable effectiveness in that regard. It was the first time that the two had faced each other. Evans, third seed, will meet in the quarterfinals this Thursday with Cressy or Lajovic, one of whom will have to play twice in the same day, because their match was postponed.
Results ATP Sydney Tennis Classic.