Paula Badosa The rebirth of a toy that seemed broken
Paula Badosa
extended her magical week at the Mutua Madrid Open and qualified for the semifinals by defeating
eighth-seeded
Swiss
Belinda Bencic
in the quarterfinals
, 6-4, 7-5.
Badosa, 62 in the world and who entered the Madrid main draw thanks to an invitation, knew what he was up against and what options he had to overcome the match: he beat Bencic this year in the Charleston round of 32 in three sets (6- 2, 6-7 and 6-1).
It is the
first Spanish to reach the semifinals in the history of the Madrid tournament
.
Her rival will be the winner of the match between the world number one, Australian
Ashleigh Barty
, and Czech
Petra Kvitova
, three times winner here.
Already in the third game of the match against Bencic, Badosa carved
three break balls, of which he only needed one
.
A blank game on serve, with the Spanish turned on the attack, put the game on her face.
She maintained that advantage without difficulty until several errors plunged her into a pothole that ended her income (4-4).
He then took a step forward on the court and added the next two games and with them the first set (6-4).
The
precision of her right
once again put her ahead in the second set.
Bencic, very insecure until then, regained her concentration and rallied from Badosa from 2-0 to lead 2-3.
It was the first time he had seen himself ahead on the scoreboard.
After maintaining a close fight until 5-5, the Spanish broke in the next game and closed the victory on her second match point.
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