Two games, two victories. At the moment, and even if it is in an exhibition format, Paula Badosa and Stefanos Tsitsipas only know how to win as a doubles couple. On Thursday, the first time they shared the court, they beat Daniil Medvedev and Sofia Kenin; This Sunday, in the final of the World Tennis League, they repeated their victory against the Russian, this time accompanied by their young compatriot Mirra Andreeva, 16 years old. In a single-set matchup, the Spaniard and the Greek, who are in a romantic relationship, won 7-6 to put her team, the Kites, ahead in the race to the title.
“Paula has helped me overcome several moments successfully. I have a great competitor and a fighter by my side pushing me. Playing doubles is a lot of fun,” celebrated Tsitsipas, who had missed the previous two days of the tournament due to abdominal and back discomfort, after the victory alongside Badosa. “It was a doubles of a very high level. It is a final and the intensity has increased. Daniil is a great player and Mirra, too. She has been playing amazing, holding several fights with Stef, who is very tough. I think that our connection and our way of fighting led us to victory,” said Paula, who hugged Tsitsipas with emotion after the last point.
On the court, the sensations of the Spaniard, who has not played an official match since Wimbledon due to a back injury, were good. Without any physical discomfort, as she did throughout the week, she was agile at the net and solid from deep. She saved two match points. And they are the best example of what was previously mentioned. The first one he surpassed with a right cross on Medvedev, whose return went wide; the second, with a backhand on the Russian’s body. Before, in a very tough confrontation, she had already shown herself to be mentally strong, as Tsitsipas highlighted. In the first two service games, without going any further, the Spanish-Greek couple already had to save six break points in total. With “her connection,” she got it.
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2023-12-24 15:58:42
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