The Spanish Paula Badosa knocked down the german Anna-Lena Friedsam in the first round of the WTA 1,000 in Rome in three sets, 6-4, 2-6 and 7-6 (2), after almost three hours of play on Italian clay.
Badosa started strong in the first set with an early break in the first game of the match, in which he entered with great authority but in which he ended up succumbing after wasting a ‘break’ ball in the fifth game and giving up his service in the tenth . He reacted with solvency to the former number 2 of the circuit, who reached the third round of the Madrid tournament, and took a three-game lead that was enough to extend the contest to the third and final set.
A sleeve in which the tension of the players could be felt. Badosa saved a ‘break’ ball in the second game and another two in the sixth, while the German, who reached the main draw from the previous phase, saved three break balls in the next game to maintain her serve.
The Spanish managed to unlock equality in the seventh game, but could not maintain the advantage and immediately lost her serve, condemning the match to be decided in the ‘tie-break’ that she dominated, being very successful at the key moment of the match, breaking five serves of his German rival, and with which he certified his pass to the second round, in which he will face the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, second favorite to lift the gimp.
2023-05-11 02:24:00
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