Spanish paula badosa lost 6-3, 7-5 against Kazakh Elena Rybakina this MondayHe rose to number ten in the world rankings and said goodbye to the Indian Wells tournament, which he won in 2021, in the second round.
Badosa, who was number 22 in the world, disbanded in the second set and The game had options to overcome, but succumbed. Against Wimbledon champion Rybakina in 2022, he retained a round of 16 pass in one hour and 35 minutes. It was a tough match mentally for the two friends who also struggled together in doubles. Just 24 hours after the meeting, they had lost their match against Belgium’s Elise Mertens and Australia’s Storm Hunter.
Badosa, the 2021 champion at Indian Wells, advanced to the second round in the California desert last Saturday, knocking out compatriot Nuria Párrizas with a good performance. Badosa has won all three of their previous matches, including the Billie Jean King Cup, but Rybakina was solid on the serve and knocked him out in a tournament where he was a semi-finalist last year.
Kazakh took the lead in the first set, taking a break in the seventh game., after Badosa canceled three ‘break’ balls in the fifth game and penalized the set 6-3 with a new timeout in the ninth game. Badosa proudly reacted and broke Rybakina’s serve for the first time, surviving 4-2. He had another breaking point to turn the set upside down, but he forgave him and the match got complicated again. Rybakina recovered the time-out and canceled the other two time-out balls 5-5 on the scoreboard, clearing the way to the final 7-5.
The Kazakh will face the winner of the match between Russian Varvara Gracheva and Daria Kasatkina in the round of 16.