Badosa puts the direct and gets into the quarterfinals in Rome

Badosa is unstoppable in Rome. She once again proved that with this improved version of herself she is capable of anything. Of overcome any setback. She did so during the match against a combative Muchova, who put up a fight but was inferior in the decisive moments, in which the Spaniard pressed.

The first of Badosa’s many resilience exercises came in the first game, when he raised a break bowl to keep your serve. In his second serve he raised the challenge and lifted two against a Muchova who came out strong, marking ground, and who obtained the reward he had sought so much in the fifth game to get 3-2 up and confirm the break with his serve in the next .

But Badosa did not give up, far from it, in the clay court italian. It was conceding that hard blow that almost put the set on track and he broke out from the bottom of the court to make four games in a row and score the set. A contribution of energy and confidence that he celebrated cautiously, aware that Muchova was not going to give up so easily.

In the second round, the Czech showed that she had the level to compete against Badosa, who she pushed to the limit with Dropshots and Angled Balls with which he got the first of the numerous ‘breaks’ of the set.

It started then, in the middle of the second beta strange moment of the game, in which none was able to impose their serve and in which the services were distributed, four in a row, which left the score 4-3 in favor of the Czech. Then, Badosa emerged again to break again and lead the set to a ‘tie-break’ in which Muchova was more successful.

The third set decided everything, it was a new game but with two hours and twenty minutes of game wear. On the horizon for Badosa, the possibility of improving last year’s result and of once again being a quarterfinalist in a WTA 1,000, of once again being among the best.

And Badosa did not fail. He didn’t feel the pressure, he got big. She jumped to give her all and went 2-0 in favor with a break on the Czech’s first serve, and had a golden opportunity to break again in the fifth game (which would have made it 4-1), but she didn’t He was able to close the point well.

But Badosa was not going to let him escape. Muchova was getting smaller and the Catalan took advantage of it to break again and put victory on track. In her hands, a quarterfinal. She did not delay and celebrated her best result in Rome with rage and enthusiasm. She will be seeded at Roland Garros and move up seven places in the ranking, to number 28.

The Catalan tennis player will face Latvia in the quarterfinals Jelena Ostapenko.