MADRID, 14 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa said goodbye this Monday to her career in the Indian Wells tournament (United States), the first WTA 1,000 of the season, when she fell in the third round against the Kazakh Elena Rybakina in two sets 6-3, 7 -5 after more than an hour and a half of the game.
The Catalan player, champion in 2021 of this event, was unable to maintain her good streak against her partner in doubles in the Californian tournament, winner of the last Wimbledon and finalist of the last Australian Open, who demonstrated her best dynamic of results than the one she is experiencing currently his rival, who is having a hard time chaining joys to gain more confidence on the track.
Badosa had won her last three matches against Rybakina, but was dominated by the Kazakh in the first set, where she was almost always required to serve, as in the third game when she had to raise a 0-40. In the sixth, the Spanish had her chance to the rest, but she didn’t take advantage of it and the tenth favorite ended up taking four games in a row to get ahead.
The Catalan did not break down and began the second set more aggressively from the rest, finding the prize of a quick break. Badosa found strength on serve and had a chance to get a second break that would have been decisive with a 4-2 lead, but Rybakina saved the situation and gathered momentum to equalize and end up taking five of the last games without needing to win the match. of the ‘sudden death’ with a final ‘break’ on the serve of the Spanish.
