Garbine Muguruza gets the better of Paula Badosa Gibert 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Guadalajara on Tuesday in what was an all-Spaniard affair. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 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 semifinal in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Garbine Muguruza vs. Paula Badosa Gibert WTA Finals – Guadalajara
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Garbine scored 70 points vs. Badosa’s 55.
Muguruza
Garbine served very well to win 81% of the points (26/32) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (14/25) on her second serve. Garbine won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Badosa
On the other side, Badosa wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Muguruza and Badosa is 1-0 for Garbine.
Live score progression and stats
Garbine won the set after she broke Paula in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Badosa tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Anyhow, Muguruza kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.
They contested 54 points. Muguruza conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Paula (33-21). Muguruza dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Paula conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
Muguruza enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Paula Badosa Gibert in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for Garbine to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Garbine wasted a good opportunity to break Paula in the 6th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Garbine converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Badosa was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 69 points. Muguruza was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Badosa (37-32). Garbine conceded 11 points on serve (23-11). On the other side, Badosa conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).
Tennis Scores in Guadalajara
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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