Paula Badosa devastates Gibson and reaches the third round of the Australian Open

The Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa advanced this Wednesday to the third round of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season to be played on a hard surface, after destroying the Australian Talia Gibson in a second round duel in which she won in two sets (6-1, 6-2) in 48 minutes of play.

Paula Badosa continues with a firm step in the Australian Open and has already equaled the third round achieved last season after defeating, by fast track, the Australian Gibson in the second round. The Spaniard only allowed her rival to add one game in a match in which she was especially solid, committing only 10 unforced errors. In addition, his serve worked, with which he won 78% of the points.

Badosa will have greater difficulty with her third-round opponent, where she will face the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, world number 18, who won her second-round duel against the German Jule Niemeier in two sets (6-3, 6-0 ) in one hour and six minutes of meeting.

BOUZAS CAN’T WITH THE WORLD’S NUMBER ONE

The Spanish Jessica Bouzas could not advance in the ‘Aussie’ tournament after being defeated by the world number one, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. The Galician challenged Sabalenka for one hour and 36 minutes of the match, in which she demonstrated that, despite her youth, she is capable of competing against any rival. In fact, she had the initiative on the scoreboard during the second set, which she dominated 5-2, but the Belarusian ended up coming back.

Thus, Bouzas ended up losing the duel in two sets (6-3, 7-5), although she managed to break the Belarusian’s serve up to three times. However, the lack of solidity with her serve, which she could only maintain in five of her 10 turns, ended up condemning her to defeat. Thus, Sabalenka, current champion, advances to the third round, in which she will face the Danish Clara Tauson.

The Spanish Cristina Bucsa was also unable to overcome the second round of the women’s draw at the Australian Open, who fell to the Canadian Fernández Leylah in three sets (3-6, 6-4, 6-4) in two hours and 28 minutes of play. Bucsa let the advantage gained in the first set slip away, allowing herself to come back by a double 6-4 in the last two sets, in which she was unable to hurt the Canadian’s serve.