Paula Badosa tops Halep in the 1st round to battle vs Sabalenka at the Miami Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Badosa conquers Halep to compete against Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round

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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Simona Halep

Paula Badosa Gibert downs Simona Halep 1-6 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Miami on Tuesday. Badosa will seek to keep on going in this event against Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Badosa's Record

Badosa added to her prize money $ 11,250 after winning this match. She has already won $ 34,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Badosa will add $ 24,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 59,100 in total.

Highlights Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Simona Halep Miami Open – Miami

Badosa’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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At the end of the match, Paula scored 92 points vs. Simona’s 87.

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The Spaniard served pretty well to win 78% of the points (38/49) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 33% points (11/33) on her second serve. Badosa won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

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On the other side, Simona was sharp when converting 80% of the break points that she conquered points (4/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Badosa and Halep is 1-2 for Simona.

Draw and next match H2H: Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Badosa will take on Sabalenka in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Paula Badosa Gibert and Aryna Sabalenka square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Badosa and Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Sabalenka won 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Stuttgart back in 2023.

Paula Badosa Gibert Draw info

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Simona was too good to drop barely 1 game before breaking the Spaniard 3 times and wrap up the set 6-1.

The Romanian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 30.

The Spaniard was outplayed in the last 7 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-1 to 6-1.

Halep was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Paula was spot on in converting all her break points in the 6th game (1-4 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 69 points. The Romanian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Paula (40-29). The Romanian conceded 17 points on serve (25-17). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).

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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Spaniard clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).

The Spaniard converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Simona wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).

They contested 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Paula won just 3 more points than the Romanian (37-34). Paula surrendered 11 points on serve (23-11). On the other side, the Romanian conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).

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The Spaniard won the set after she broke the Romanian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Halep tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nevertheless, Paula didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-3.

Paula was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Halep was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).

They played 39 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Simona (26-13). The Spaniard lost 7 points on serve (14-7). In addition, on the other side, Simona conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).

 

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