MADRID, 8 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa could not have a happy return to the courts this Monday when she was defeated in her debut in the Adelaide tournament (Australia), scoring for the WTA and which is played on hard courts, against the American Bernarda Pera in three sets (3-6, 6-2, 6-3).
The Catalan player had not played a match on the circuit since last Wimbledon. After a year marked by injuries, especially one in her back, which hindered her season, she was called up by Anabel Medina for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Seville in November, but she did not play any points, and finally returned in the World Tennis League exhibition at the end of December.
Now, in his first official match in six months, Badosa could not overcome a debut despite the fact that he started strong and also went ahead with a break in the third and final set, he could not contain a Pera with more competitive pace after having to pass the qualifying round and also having played in Brisbane last week.
The Spanish start was good, with a quick break that the American countered instantly. However, Badosa again broke her rival’s serve, an advantage that she did not waste to close the first set.
But the American reacted in the second, which she dominated from very early on thanks to a break and her strength on serve, despite the fact that the Catalan had two options to balance things. In the third and final game, Badosa started better again and took a 3-1 lead, but there Pera accelerated to win five games in a row and put an end to his career in the tournament.
For her part, Cristina Bucsa did surpass her debut in the Australian event after defeating the Italian Jasmine Paolini clearly by a double 6-3 and will now face the first favorite, the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, in the round of 16. comes in addition to winning the title in Brisbane.
2024-01-08 10:44:43
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