Paula Badosa reeled off 11 of the final 12 video games in a 6-4, 6-0 victory over U.S. Open finalist Jessica Pegula on the China Open on Tuesday to succeed in her eighth profession quarterfinal at a WTA 1000-level occasion.
From 3-1 down within the opening set, former No. 2-ranked Badosa dominated in her first-ever win over third-ranked Pegula.
“She’s one the of the gamers I by no means wish to face — she’s very strong, hits very flat, adjustments very effectively path,” stated Badosa, who was 0-3 beforehand in opposition to Pegula. “I ready myself for a battle, however I believe immediately every part labored fairly effectively.
“Each level was essential for me, particularly in opposition to Jessica, as a result of she will come again at any second.”
Badosa subsequent faces 35-year-old Chinese language participant Zhang Shuai, who continued her resurgence with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Magdalena Frech of Poland.
Zhang entered the China Open on a 24-match dropping streak and ranked No. 595, however she’s but to drop a set in 4 matches this week. That features eliminating U.S. Open semifinalist Emma Navarro in straight units for her first win over a High 10 participant in two years.
Zhang is now into her first girls’s tour quarterfinal since Tokyo in 2022, and her first at a WTA 1000 match since Cincinnati in the identical yr.
“On this draw, everybody has the next rating than me,” Zhang stated. “Simply step on court docket, simply play. So I shouldn’t have a lot to consider, to organize. I’ll simply deal with myself.”
Yuliia Starodubtseva of Ukraine additionally induced an upset loss beating No. 14-ranked Anna Kalinskaya 7-5, 6-0.
The No. 115-ranked Starodubtseva will play the winner of the marquee girls’s match of the day between four-time main winner Naomi Osaka and sixth-ranked Coco Gauff within the quarterfinals.
Will probably be the primary assembly between the 2 Grand Slam champions in additional than two years, with the head-to-head sequence tied at 2-2.
