Paula Badosaeighth seed, reacted in time and completed her comeback against China’s Wang Xiyu (6-7(4), 6-1 and 6-2) to seal the victory that placed her in the quarterfinals of the Ningbo tournament , in China.
The Spanish woman extended her good streak. It took him two and a half hours to complete his tenth victory in the last twelve games he has played. After losing the first set in the tiebreaker against the local player, 98 in the WTA ranking, compared to the one she had won in Burniein 2019, on the only occasion in which they had faced each other, they had an evident improvement.
Badosa, winner this year in Washington and recently semi-finalist at the WTA 1000 in Beijing and quarter-finalist at the US Open, will face in the quarterfinals the winner of the clash between the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maiasixth favorite, and the British Katie Boulter.
The Russian also secured a place among the eight best Daria Kasatkinawho beat the Czech Katerina Siniakova, 1-6, 6-3 and 6-2 and the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva who beat the German Ella Seidel 6-4 and 6-4.
In addition, he is already in the quarterfinals the young Russian Mirra Andreevawho ensured her stay in this section in a tournament for the eighth time in 2024 after beating the German Tamara Korpatsch 6-0 and 6-4. The winner of the match between the Chinese Ma Yexin and the Czech Barbora Krejcikova will face each other.
