On Saturday in Paris, Paula Badosa Gibert has the opportunity to regain the world no.2 rank from Anett Kontaveit. The Spanish sensation needs to defeat Veronika Kudermetova in the French Open 3rd round.
As of now, Paula has 4245 points, and if she beats the Russian player, she will have 4355 points which would be enough to overtake Kontaveit, who sits with 4326 points. However, Anett has already lost in Paris, and she cannot add more points to her rankings.
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Badosa at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2022
Currently ranked no.4, Paula achieved a composed 24-10 record in 2022. The Spaniard is now playing at the French Open where she toppled Fiona Ferro 6-2 6-0 and Kaja Juvan 7-5 3-6 6-2.
Paula Badosa Gibert will square off with the world no.29 Veronika Kudermetova in the 3rd round on Saturday at 4:00 pm on Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN. Their actual record is 3-2 for Kudermetova.
Badosa conquered 1 title in 2022 in Sydney.
Anett Kontaveit in 2022
Now ranked no.5 (career-high), Kontaveit played her last match on the 23rd of May when she surrendered to world no.42 Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in French Open (draw).
Currently, during this year Kontaveit has managed to achieve a composed 16-8 match record. Kontaveit conquered 1 title in St. Petersburg. The Estonian got to the final in Doha.
Paula Badosa Gibert and Anett Kontaveit clashed against each other only 1 time. The head to head is 1-0 for Kontaveit. When they played, Anett Kontaveit won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Ostrava (J&T Banka Ostrava Open) in September 2021.
Kudermetova at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2022
LWLWWLLWLW Currently the world no.29, Veronika has managed to achieve a 18-10 record in 2022. Kudermetova is currently having a run at the French Open where she managed to beat Lin Zhu 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Aleksandra Krunic 6-3 6-3.
Veronika Kudermetova will come up against the world no.4 Paula Badosa in the 3rd round on Saturday at 4:00 pm on Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN. Their current record is 3-2 for Kudermetova.
Veronika was the finalist in Melbourne (Melbourne Summer Set 1), in Dubai (Dubai Duty Free Championships) and in Istanbul (TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship).
