Paula Badosa Gibert surprises Belinda Bencic 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in Madrid on Wednesday. Badosa will engage against Ashleigh Barty or Petra Kvitova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2015 and 2016. Here you can see her history at this event.
Badosa added to her prize money € 48,320 after winning this match. She has won already € 106,690 as of now in this competition. If she wins the next match, Badosa will add € 81,590 to her earnings to get in total € 188,280.
Highlights Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Belinda Bencic Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:49
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 76 points vs. Bencic’s 64.
Badosa
Paula served pretty well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind her first serve. However she won only 46% points (12/26) on her second serve. Badosa won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Bencic
On the other side, Bencic was absolutely great in converting all her break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Badosa and Bencic is 2-0 for Paula.
Draw and next match H2H: Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Ashleigh Barty or Petra Kvitova – stats
Badosa will play either Ashleigh Barty or Petra Kvitova in the semifinal. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Ashleigh Barty and 0-1 vs. Petra Kvitova.
Live score progression and stats
Paula won the set after she broke Bencic in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Belinda tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, the Spaniard refused to give way to win the set 6-4.
Paula converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Belinda was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (3-4 0-40).
They contested 64 points. Paula was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Swiss (35-29). Paula lost 10 points on serve (16-10). In addition, on the other side, Bencic conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).
Badosa enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Barty in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for Badosa to win the set as the Swiss succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. The Spaniard maintained her focus to break Bencic in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Badosa converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Bencic was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-2 15-40).
They played 76 points. Paula was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Bencic (41-35). The Spaniard surrendered 10 points on serve (21-10). In addition, on the other side, Belinda conceded 20 points on serve (25-20).
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Belinda BencicBencic (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Petra KvitovaKvitova (4-5) – H2H details and stats
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elise MertensMertens (4-2) – H2H details and stats
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
