Paula Badosa Gibert beats Marta Kostyuk 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Rome on Sunday. Badosa will fight against Karolina Muchova in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 3rd round in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Spaniard added to her prize money € 16,430 after conquering this match. She has already won € 39,130 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Spaniard will add € 34,800 to her earnings to get in total € 73,930 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Paula scored 74 points vs. Kostyuk’s 62.
Badosa
Paula was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (7/14).
Kostyuk
On the other side, Marta wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Badosa and Kostyuk is 3-0 for Paula.
Draw and next match H2H: Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Karolina Muchova – stats
Badosa will compete against Muchova in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Paula Badosa Gibert and Karolina Muchova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Muchova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Muchova won 7-66 6-4 in the 4th round in London back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Badosa enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Marta Kostyuk in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Spaniard managed to stage a great comeback to break Kostyuk 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Badosa missed the chance to break Marta in the 4th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Marta was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Spaniard converted 30% of her break points (3/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Ukrainian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40).
They played 80 points. Paula conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Marta (43-37). Paula conceded 19 points on serve (22-19). on the other side of the net, Marta conceded 21 points on serve (18-21).
Badosa started the set in the best possible way after breaking Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Spaniard to win the set as Kostyuk managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game. Badosa maintained her cool to break the Ukrainian in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Paula was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Kostyuk converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 56 points. Paula was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Kostyuk (31-25). Paula surrendered 14 points on serve (12-14). On the losing side, Marta conceded 19 points on serve (11-19).
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