Bad news. Paula Badosa has withdrawn from the Thailand Open when she was losing to the young Russian Diana Shnaider by 6-2/3-4. She has suffered discomfort that has forced her to abandon the match;
Things did not start well for the New Yorker, who saw how with 2-2 on the scoreboard the Russian tennis player broke her serve, consolidated the break by winning her serve and went 4-2 up. As in the first match, Badosa started with problems in the first set.
Shnaider, 19, remained very aggressive with the serve of Badosa, again broke her serve and was placed 5-2 up in a placid first set for her. The Zhiguliovsk closed the set by 6-2. Horrible Paula with the serve, with just 45% of first, giving up six break balls and managing to do very little damage to his rival. The first set was going too easily;
In the second set the dynamics of the match changed completely and Badosa, after winning her first game with some difficulty, went on the attack, broke her opponent’s serve for the first time and went 4-1 up. However, the Catalan seemed not to have the day and her rival took advantage of it to break her serve again. With 4-3 up in the sleeve Badosa had to leave due to physical problems;
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