Paula Badosa neutralizes Pavlyuchenkova and returns to the third round two years later

Paula Badosa enters Australian Open with ranking urgency. He dropped to 100th place. When you have potential and a lot of winning shots on your racquet, returns are easier.

Badosa, who was helped by good painting, This Wednesday, for the second time in his career, he survived the third round of the Australian Open.. He did it after the transition Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-2 and 6-3, in 1 hour 12 minutes.

In the first round she beat American Taylor Townsend. Thanks to two victories, he rose to 81st place in the lists.

To find the last time Paula went this far in a major draw, it would be necessary to return to the slopes of Melbourne Park in 2022.

In the first confrontation between these two, Pavlyuchenkova did not have a single option against her opponent, who is better than her in everything: He’s hitting harder and harder, serving and hitting better, and above all, he has ambitions to one day add his name to the list of “major” winners..

Tennis player from Begur, with 31 winners and 13 unforced errorsfell behind on the scoreboard only after the first and third games of the second set.

The organization postponed the match on court No. 6. known as the only one that has a bustling bar with fans constantly coming and going.

On Friday, American Amanda Anisimova awaits Paul Toledo’s student, revived for tennis after overcoming mental health problems that forced her to stop after the Mutua Madrid Open.

“It’s unbearable to participate in the tournament“, she said. Anisimova, a 17-year-old Roland Garros semi-finalist, He endured constant abuse on social media because of his appearance..

On the way to Sobolenka

A fourth round with a friend appears on the horizon for Badosa Arina Sabalenko, world number two and defending champion of the tournament. These will be big words. For now, he is enjoying the process of discovering himself as a tennis player.