Paula Badosa gets into the third round at full speed

Paula Badosa grows every day on the women’s circuit. This Thursday she submitted in two sets (6-4 and 6-1) the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (26 years old and 46th in the world) to enter the third round at Wimbledon for the first time, where she could face the tournament’s number three seed, Elina Svitolina, provided the Ukrainian beats Poland’s Magda Linette first.

Badosa was not quite well and had to take a pill in the final part of the first set, but on the court it was not noticed, because it was used with force and determination, with those flat shots that do so much damage and the ability to lift the cutbacks of her rival, who despaired as the minutes passed with the defenses and counterattacks of the Spanish, who finished with a very balanced account of 20 shots winners and 13 unforced errors, and 71% of points won with first serves. In his must, the eight double faults that complicated, above all, the first set. In the second he passed over Putintseva with very few errors and without conceding a single break opportunity.

Paula has virtually settled in the top-30 (at the moment she is 29th) and does not seem to have a ceiling at this point in her career. He is fine physically and tennis. In addition, he still has room for improvement, for example, in the variety of his game. What he already has is a name on the circuit … and the respect of his opponents.

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