Ashlyn Krueger surprises Paula Badosa 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Adelaide on Wednesday. Krueger is going to play against Jessica Pegula in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Highlights Ashlyn Krueger vs. Paula Badosa Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Krueger scored 111 points vs. Paula’s 109.
Krueger
The American was sharp when converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11).
Badosa
On the other side, Paula had some problems converting her break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Krueger and Badosa is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Ashlyn Krueger vs. Jessica Pegula – stats
Krueger will fight against Pegula in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Ashlyn Krueger and Jessica Pegula square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Pegula won 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Toronto back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Krueger had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Paula Badosa in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more to do for the American to win the set because Badosa succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Ashlyn kept her focus to break Paula in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (7-6).
The American dropped 15 points on serve (21-15). In addition, on the other side, Badosa conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).
Krueger started the set strong after breaking Paula Badosa in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the Spaniard was not done to come back to break the American in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set (7-6).
Paula was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-2 15-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Ashlyn was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40).
They played 97 points. Paula won 11 points more than the American (54-43). Badosa dropped 19 points on serve (28-19). In addition, on the other side, Ashlyn conceded 26 points on serve (24-26).
The American in this set was more solid than Badosa and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Paula in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Paula was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Krueger converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Paula was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They contested 46 points. Krueger was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Badosa (29-17). Krueger conceded 10 points on serve (20-10). On the losing side, the Spaniard conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Emerson JonesJones (7-5 6-3)
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-2 6-4)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 6-1)
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (4-6 1-1 ret.)
- Madison KeysKeys – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (3-6 6-4 6-3)
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Belinda BencicBencic (7-63 4-6 6-4)
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-64 6-4)
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Paula BadosaBadosa (7-64 6-74 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (9-2) – H2H details and stats
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-0) – H2H details and stats