LIVE UPDATES. Paula Badosa victorious over Townsend in the 2nd round – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Badosa bests Townsend

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Taylor Townsend

Paula Badosa Gibert tops Taylor Townsend 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Badosa's Record

Badosa added to her prize money $ 75,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 215,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Badosa will add $ 110,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.

After this encounter, the head to head between Badosa and Townsend is 2-0 for Paula.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Badosa won the set after she broke Taylor 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. However, Badosa kept the situation under control to win the set 6-3.

The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.

Paula converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Townsend converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 63 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Taylor (36-27). The Spaniard dropped 11 points on serve (17-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).

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Paula conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Badosa broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.

Townsend couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-5 to 7-5.

Badosa converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A), the 10th (4-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).

They contested 84 points. The Spaniard won 6 points more than Townsend (45-39). Badosa conceded 15 points on serve (26-15). On the other side, Townsend conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).

 

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