paula badosa I still can’t find peace in the tennis he had been chasing for months. Luck is not on his side on his way to reach the result he has needed for a long time. A missed victory by the Catalan tennis player in Miami he had one match point against Kazakh Elena Rybakina In the second round of the Masters 1,000 in Miami, finally 3-6, 7-5 and 6-3. For the second time in just two weeks, Badosa relinquished the win, the current Wimbledon champion and finalist of the recent Australian Open, which knocked him out in the same round at Indian Wells, where he would later win the title.
Badosa had the opportunity to win in the second set when he got a match point (30-40) at 5-4, but saved the situation with Rybakina’s serve and then prevailed. 2 hours 32 minutes game.
Confident of his options, the Begur player entered the field and snatched the first set from Rybakina until they took a 4-2 lead in the second set, but he lacked confidence to unload victory on his side. Badosa was frustrated by his impotence. He used only 5 of the 15 balls he had in the match. “What I do? What I do? What I do?He desperately shouted at his coaching staff several times when he saw how the match was spiraling out of control against an opponent who played a bolder (12 ‘ace’ and 66 wins) to save the situation and add the tenth consecutive victory.
fall into the top 30
Badosa, ranked 29th in the world, defended the quarterfinals achieved in Miami last year and now will stay out of the ‘top 30’ (33) after this new defeat, the worst ranking since April 29, 2021 after becoming world No. This drop will mean he loses his ranking status at future Grand Slams and Masters 1,000, which will put him up against tougher opponents in the first rounds of these tournaments.
Badosa can’t find the peace on the field to face the games like before. A few months ago, the Catalan replaced their last coach, Jorge García, with the English tennis player and his representative, Joel Canell, but for now, the results did not accompany his decision. He would later go on to win the Indian Wells Masters 1,000 (2021), led by extenist Xavi Martí, as he made it into the “top 100” led by Xavier Budó in 2020.