Badosa is here to stay 🗣 def. Parrizas-Diaz 6-2, 7-5 secures herself a spot in the third round where she will face Rybakina. #TennisParadise | @paulabadosa
Paula Badosa won the all-Spanish match against Nuria Parrizas and advances in the BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells with 6-2, 7-6.
Paula Badosa hadn't won a match since the Adelaide International 2 in early January when she reached the tournament semifinals after defeating Beatriz Haddad Maia, but in the semifinals, she had to withdraw before the match against Daria Kasatkina.
After that, she had to withdraw from the Australian Open and in Doha and suffered two first-round defeats before arriving in California. The former world No. 2 has dropped out of the top 20, and now she must defend the semifinal points she earned last year if she wants to stay in the upper part of the ranking.
Parrizas Díaz made her debut at Indian Wells against Italian Elisabetta Cocciareto with a two-set victory, and she was facing her compatriot and former Indian Wells champion for the first time in her career. Badosa dominated the match through her serve and easily took the first set 6-2.
In the second set, the 25-year-old player was superior and served to win the match at 5-4, but Parrizas stretched the match a bit longer, which was no problem for Badosa, who finally won 6-2, 7-6. In the third round, she will have to challenge former Wimbledon champion and 10th seed Elena Rybakina.
Badosa is here to stay 🗣 def. Parrizas-Diaz 6-2, 7-5 secures herself a spot in the third round where she will face Rybakina. #TennisParadise | @paulabadosa