WTA: Azarenka against Badosa for third Indian Wells title
Victoria Azarenka and Paula Badosa play the final of the WTA Tour 1000 tournament in Indian Wells. For the Belarusian it is about the third title in "Tennis Paradise".
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Oct 16, 2021, 08:40 am
Because of the very young players have completely taken over the scepter on the WTA tour! Victoria Azarenka, also only a tender 32 years old, but therefore much more experienced than the US Open finalists Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez, is about to take on her third championship after 2012 and 2016 in Indian Wells. For Azarenka, the 22nd individual title is at stake, in the final it is against Kerber defeated Paula Badaosa. The Spaniard was able to enter herself on the list of winners of a WTA tournament: this year in Belgrade.
The semi-finals in Azarenka and Badosa could not have been more different. In a match-up of former Grand Slam winners, Azarenka had to fight hard with Jelena Ostapenko, winning 3: 6, 6: 3 and 7: 5 after a playing time of 2:20 hours. Badosa, on the other hand, needed only 81 minutes in the 6: 3 and 6: 3 against Ons Jabeur.
Badosa and Azarenka meet for the first time
Badosa will be the first Spaniard since Conchita Martinez since 1996 to reach for the Indian Wells title. Martinez then lost the final against Steffi Graf. That Paula Badosa is ready for her first big triumph, she showed in the course of the tournament against French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova. In the match against Jabeur, the current number 27 in the world showed strong nerves: With a score of 5: 3 in the first set, Badosa fended off three breakballs from her opponent and secured the set lead with five points in a row.
Victoria Azarenka and Paula Badosa have never played against each other, it is difficult to identify a favorite role. Perhaps, with 23-year-old Badosa, there will be another winner in the end who is more likely to be located in the NextGen generation.
Here the single tableau in Indian Wells
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