Paula Badosa topples Olga Danilovic 6-1 7-6(2) in the 4th round in Melbourne on Sunday. Badosa will clash against Cori Gauff in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 4th round in 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The Spaniard added to her prize money $ 245,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 665,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Paula will add $ 435,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,100,000 in total.
Highlights Paula Badosa vs. Olga Danilovic Australian Open – Melbourne
Badosa’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 65 points vs. the Serbian’s 48.
Badosa
The Spaniard served very well to win 82% of the points (31/38) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 47% points (9/19) on her second serve. The Spaniard was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8).
Danilovic
On the other side, the Serbian was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Badosa and Danilovic is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Paula Badosa vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Badosa will square off with Gauff in the quarter.
This will be the 7th time that Paula Badosa and Cori Gauff clash against each other. The head to head is 3-3 for Badosa and Gauff (see full H2H stats
),but they are 2-2 on hard.The last time that they played each other, Gauff won 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Beijing back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Badosa conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Olga Danilovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Spaniard improved her lead after breaking Olga in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
Certainly, a key moment was when the Spaniard won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Spaniard converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4
break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They contested 44 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than the Serbian (27-17). Badosa was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the net, Olga conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Badosa had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Olga Danilovic in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the Spaniard refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Danilovic in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 2.
Tiebreak
Badosa won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Serbian won a minibreak in the 2nd (1-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
Paula converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Serbian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They played 69 points. Paula conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Serbian (37-32). The Spaniard surrendered 14 points on serve (24-14). In addition, on the other side, the Serbian conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Donna VekicVekic (7-60 6-0)
- Cori GauffGauff – Belinda BencicBencic (5-7 6-2 6-1)
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (6-1 7-62)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (6-1 6-2)
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