Perfection from Paula 👌 🇪🇸 @paulabadosa defeats Kudermetova and reaches the semifinals at #IndianWells without dropping a set! Will face Sakkari for a place in the final 🔜
ending champion Paula Badosa booked a return to the BNP Paribas Open semifinals on Thursday, defeating No.21 seed Veronika Kudermetova 6-3, 6-2.
With her win over Kudermetova, the 24-year-old Spaniard is the first player to reach back-to-back semifinals in Indian Wells since Karolina Pliskova in 2016 and 2017. She is also now two wins away from becoming the first player in over 30 years to defend the title at Indian Wells, with Martina Navratilova having done so in 1990 and 1991.
She said:
"I think a little bit the key was to serve well, as well, to attack her second serve. I've played her three times, and I always was doing the same mistakes. I didn't want to do it for a fourth time in a row."
She further said:
"I wanted to dominate with my forehand. Maybe not to let her a lot to open me the court. At the beginning maybe I was hitting a little bit more harder in the middle and then when I have my opportunity to move her. When she was moving me, try to put always one ball more was important as well."
Up next is Sakkari and on that she said:
"I really see sometimes myself on her. I think we play quite similar, or we try to do the same things. I remember it was really tough. The match was, what, two key moments. I think I will have to fight for every ball, stay aggressive as well, serve well. She's a good server, as well. She's a good mover. In this round you just have to try to put your best tennis on the table and let's see how it goes."
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