Painful flooding of Badosa with everyone in favor of Gauff in Beijing

“I can’t believe it,” he said. Paula Badosa to your coach, Paul Toledo. He just missed an easy forehand, which meant he was at a disadvantage again in the third set. The Spaniard had control not only of this blow, but of the overall course of the match, before she suffered a painful collapse that led her to defeat on the other side. He persisted in restoring the original line, but strengthened his opponent, who no longer wavered.

Paula Badosa, 26 years old and world number 19, she lost to the American. Coco Gauff, 20 years and No. 6, 4-6, 6-4 and 6-2 in 2 hours 18 minutes. The North American will compete in the WTA 1000 final in Beijing this Sunday at 1pm against the Czech. Karolina Muchova or porcelain Qinwen Zheng.

The Catalan reached her fifth WTA final, which allowed her to return to the top 10 of the world rankings. He sent 6-4, 3-1 and 4-1 balls, consolidate your dominance on the court with a double break. He did not realize this opportunity, he paid for it a few minutes later.

Suddenly a break ball was thrown our way with the score 4:4, which broke the score. Badosa because he played the full game. He did not accept this change in panorama, which in the end turned out to be radical. Gauff tied six straight games to force a third set (the first set Badosa had lost in the tournament) to take a 2-0 lead. The Catalan had a negative streak, scoring 2 out of 18 points.

Nothing like the one and a half sleeves in which Badosa showed his best version when Gauff despaired with his serve (11 double faults) and his forehand. The one from Begur tried, she tried to stay on the court and not collapse, like at the US Open against Emma Navarro. He held on, but his morale paled, in contrast to the energy Gauff gained as he reconnected with the match he had seen lost.

Badosa suffered their fourth defeat in their last 23 games. She will continue to rise in the rankings from 19th to 15th place. But this work lacks the finishing touch. He’s very good at tennis, but he has trouble capturing those over-the-top moments.

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She would have been very close to reaching the WTA finals and would have had the option of a fifth title and a return to the top 10. Badosa laid the foundation, but it fell apart when the finishing touches were left to be applied. The line is positive, we must follow it immediately. Wuhan WTA 1000 to have another chance to take the big step.

Champion of Washington, semifinalist of Cincinnati and Beijing, quarterfinalist of the US Open. Especially when he was unable to participate in the North American and Asian tours last year due to a back injury. But logically, now that he’s healthy, he wants more. It won’t be tennis.