Paula Badosatennis player number three in the WTA ranking, could not finish in his debut at toronto tournament, category 1,000 for the WTAy she retired in the second set against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva.
Badosawho reached the semi-finals at the San Jose Tournament from last week, I was going 7-5 y 1-0 against during their match on Wednesday when decided to retire due to apparent financial problemswhich have weighed down the Spanish in what had been a stellar progression this 2022.
The Catalan, who became the world number two in aprilsaid goodbye early in Toronto, a tournament that heads up the important challenge that the US Openthe last Grand Slam of the year, to be played on August 29 to September 11 in New York.
During his brief participation, Badosa suffered a lot with his serve and, although she managed to avoid the break on multiple occasions, she ended up giving in to the Kazakh.
Putintseva however, he managed to recover the break suffered in the third game and he turned the partial around with apparent authority.
After the first game of the second set, Badosa decided to retire which was his Toronto debut.
Badosa is the second protagonist of the tournament who chooses to retire after physical problems, since the Japanese Naomi OsakaMoredid the same on Tuesday for a back pain.
with victory, Putinseva will face the American Alison Riske in the round of 16 from National Bank Grandstand.
(With information from Europa Press)
