Paula Badosa Gibert is having a fantastic season, even if she won only one title in Belgrade. The Spanish Champions is finding some continuity with her results and she reached the quarter-finals in Cincinnati, where she will clash against Karolina Pliskova.
With her latest run, Paula Badosa goes 3 places up in the live rankings to be the new world number 26 (career-high). Paula will be ranked as high as number 21 if she wins the tournament in Cincinnati.
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Badosa in Cincinnati, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked no.29 (career-high), the Spaniard achieved a composed 33-12 win-loss record in 2021. Paula is participating in Cincinnati where she toppled Petra Martic 4-6 6-4 7-66, Aryna Sabalenka 5-7 6-2 7-64 and Elena Rybakina 6-2 7-65.
Paula Badosa Gibert will take on the world no.4 Karolina Pliskova in the quarter on Friday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Pliskova.
Paula clinched 1 title in 2021 in Belgrade.
Pliskova in Cincinnati, ranking, and results in 2021
Now ranked no.4, the Czech has a compiled 29-15 match record in 2021. Pliskova is playing at the moment in Cincinnati where she overcame Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-2 and Jessica Pegula 6-4 7-65.
Karolina Pliskova will fight against the world no.29 Paula Badosa in the quarter on Friday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Their record is 1-0 for Pliskova.
Karolina reached the final in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia), in Wimbledon and in Montreal (Rogers Cup).
The Czech won 16 titles in her career: 8 on hard courts, 3 on clay courts, 2 on indoor courts and 3 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Paula Badosa Gibert and Karolina Pliskova clashed against each other only on 1 occasion. The head to head is 1-0 for Pliskova. When they played, Karolina Pliskova won 7-5 6-1 in the 3rd round in Miami (Miami Open) in March 2015.
