Tamara Zidansek upsets Paula Badosa Gibert 7-5 4-6 8-6 in the quarter in Paris on Tuesday. Zidansek will fight against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinal. The match lasted 2 hours and 26 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Tamara added to her prize money € 120,000 after winning this match. She has won already € 375,000 so far in this event. If she wins the next match, Tamara will add € 375,000 to her earnings to get in total € 750,000.
Highlights Tamara Zidansek vs. Paula Badosa Gibert French Open – Paris
Zidansek’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zidansek scored 114 points vs. Paula’s 111.
Zidansek
Tamara was effective when converting 62% of the break points that she conquered (8/13).
Badosa
On the other side, Badosa was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (7/14). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zidansek and Badosa is 1-0 for Tamara.
Draw and next match H2H: Tamara Zidansek vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats
Zidansek will face Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Tamara Zidansek and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Pavlyuchenkova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Zidansek in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, Tamara succeeded in coming back to break Badosa 4 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Slovenian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (0-3 0-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40), the 7th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Badosa converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 79 points. The Slovenian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Paula (42-37). Zidansek surrendered 22 points on serve (23-22). In addition, on the other side, Paula conceded 19 points on serve (15-19).
The Spaniard won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (2-4) game, Badosa broke back 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.
Zidansek was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Badosa converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). In addition on the other side, Tamara converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40).
They contested 53 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Paula won just 3 more points than the Slovenian (28-25). Badosa lost 14 points on serve (13-14). In addition, on the other side, the Slovenian conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
Pavlyuchenkova started the set in the best possible way after breaking Zidansek in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Zidansek managed to stage a good comeback to break the Spaniard in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 14th game before winning the set (8-6) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
They contested 92 points. Tamara won 4 more points than Badosa (48-44). The Slovenian lost 19 points on serve (31-19). On the losing side, the Spaniard conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).
Tennis Scores at the
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-72 6-2 9-7) – Stats and score progression
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (7-5 4-6 8-6) – Stats and score progression
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