Paula Badosa wins against Lulu Sun 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Dubai on Sunday. Badosa will fight against Elise Mertens in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Badosa's Record

Badosa added to her prize money $ 6,600 after winning this match. She has already won $ 23,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Paula will add $ 18,100 to her earnings to get in total $ 41,600 in total.

Highlights Paula Badosa vs. Lulu Sun Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Badosa
Sun
6-3 6-4
1h:22
70
70
Total points
51
51
27
27
Winners
23
23
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
6
6
Double Faults
2
2
56%
56%
1st in
52%
52%
87%
87%
1st won
68%
68%
27/31
27/31
1st won
23/34
23/34
54%
54%
2nd won
41%
41%
13/24
13/24
2nd won
13/32
13/32
-- Break Points --
3/14
3/14
Total
1/3
1/3
21%
21%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 70 points vs. Sun’s 51.

Badosa

Paula served pretty well to win 87% of the points (27/31) behind her first serve, and she won 54% points (13/24) on her second serve. Badosa won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 21% (3/14) of the procured opportunities.

Sun

On the other side, Sun was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Badosa and Sun is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Paula Badosa vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Badosa will come up against Mertens in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Paula Badosa and Elise Mertens since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Badosa 6-3
BadosaSun
6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
BadosaSun
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
BadosaSun
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
BadosaSun
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
BadosaSun
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
BadosaSun
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
BadosaSun
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
BadosaSun
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
BadosaSun
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BadosaSun
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Badosa overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Lulu Sun in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Paula to win the set since Sun managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Paula kept her cool to break Sun in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

Paula converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Sun converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 52 points. Paula won 10 more points than LuluAnke (31-21). Paula surrendered 6 points on serve (18-6

). On the losing side, LuluAnke conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
2nd Set -
Badosa 6-4
BadosaSun
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
BadosaSun
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
BadosaSun
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BadosaSun
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
BadosaSun
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
BadosaSun
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BadosaSun
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BadosaSun
1
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
BadosaSun
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Paula clinched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).

The Spaniard wasted a good opportunity to break Sun in the 3rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Paula converted 10% of her break points (1/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th

(2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, the Kiwi wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They played 69 points. Paula won 9 points more than Sun (39-30). Badosa conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the court, the Kiwi conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).

1st
Badosa
Sun
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Badosa
Sun
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

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