Paula Badosa Gibert downs Simona Halep 1-6 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Miami on Tuesday. Badosa will seek to keep on going in this event against Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Badosa added to her prize money $ 11,250 after winning this match. She has already won $ 34,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Badosa will add $ 24,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 59,100 in total.
Highlights Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Simona Halep Miami Open – Miami
Badosa’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Paula scored 92 points vs. Simona’s 87.
Badosa
The Spaniard served pretty well to win 78% of the points (38/49) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 33% points (11/33) on her second serve. Badosa won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Halep
On the other side, Simona was sharp when converting 80% of the break points that she conquered points (4/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Badosa and Halep is 1-2 for Simona.
Draw and next match H2H: Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Badosa will take on Sabalenka in the 2nd round.
This will be the 5th time that Paula Badosa Gibert and Aryna Sabalenka square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Badosa and Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Sabalenka won 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Stuttgart back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Simona was too good to drop barely 1 game before breaking the Spaniard 3 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
The Romanian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 30.
The Spaniard was outplayed in the last 7 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Halep was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Paula was spot on in converting all her break points in the 6th game (1-4 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 69 points. The Romanian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Paula (40-29). The Romanian conceded 17 points on serve (25-17). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Spaniard clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The Spaniard converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Simona wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They contested 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Paula won just 3 more points than the Romanian (37-34). Paula surrendered 11 points on serve (23-11). On the other side, the Romanian conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).
The Spaniard won the set after she broke the Romanian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Halep tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nevertheless, Paula didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-3
.Paula was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Halep was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 39 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Simona (26-13). The Spaniard lost 7 points on serve (14-7). In addition, on the other side, Simona conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).
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