When the draw for the Wimbledon women’s draw last Friday brought about Paula Badosa’s first round duel against Karolina Muchova, a priori it might have seemed that the Spaniard had a tough time against the finalist at Roland Garros, a semi-finalist in Australia and the US Open and two times quarterfinalist in the British Grand Slam. But the 27-year-old Czech and 580th in the world (she plays with a protected ranking, like Paula) had not competed for almost a year until she did so this week in Eastbourne and was unable to face Keys in the quarterfinals due to discomfort in her right wrist.
That’s why Badosa has more chances of success this Monday (not before 18:30, Movistar+) in her third match against Muchova (1-1), the second at the All England Club after the one won by the Olomouc tennis player in 2021 (the Begur native won last year in Rome). Before that (14:00), Sara Sorribes will face the Italian Jasmine Paolini.
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Paula arrives at this match again in the Top-100 (93rd), to which she returned thanks to her triumphs in Bad Homburg against the Dutch Arantxa Rus and the German Jule Niemeier, before falling in the quarterfinals against the Russian Diana Shnaider, champion dessert. Last year, Badosa had to withdraw in the second round of Wimbledon, when she was losing to the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, due to her chronic back problems, which she now appears to have under control.
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If she improves that result, she will climb further in the rankings, although if she beats Muchova she will probably have to deal with the emerging Mirra Andreeva, if the Muscovite beats the Czech Brenda Fruhvirtova on Monday.
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2024-07-01 02:15:59
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