Paula Badosa made a good start to her new commitment to the Asian tour with a comeback over Russian Diana Shnaider (4-6, 6-3 and 6-3) to reach the final. the second round of the WTA 500 in Ningbo (China).
After overcoming the stomach problems that forced him to stop last week in Wuhan, the Spaniard did not allow himself to be intimidated by the first chance of his opponent, who takes one place on the WTA (15/16).
The most important moment of the first set came in game ten. Until then, the Spaniard had not accepted any break points, but two came and the Russian, although he lost the first, did not fail in the second to record the set.
Shnaider made a breakthrough in the second set but Badosa made a comeback and in the seventh game she got back on track and finished with a second break. The blow did not seem to affect his opponentAlthough weakened, he recovered to fight again but Paula supported his work, He didn’t let him back down and ended up sealing the victory with a break in the ninth game.
Badosa is the eighth seed in Ningbo, where she is playing without a chance to qualify for the WTA Finals in Riyadh. In eight Se medirá a la china Xiyu Wangnumber 87 in the world.