"Really a tough one" says Paula Badosa after win over Kerber

The native Spaniard excels in slow conditions which give her time to set up her deadly baseline game. That was the case against Kerber as well but the German, known as a great mover on the court gave her quite a bit of trouble. The Spaniard admitted as much explaining:

"At the beginning, it was strange for me. She runs a lot. She sees all the balls where you're going to hit. It's quite tough for me at the beginning and at the end as well. It was a really, really tough one."

Still, Badosa was able to adjust on time and best her opponent whom she praised for her style of play:

"She's a really tough player- She's really tricky. Of course, I've seen her a lot, but on court, she's really tricky, she opens the court a lot. Sometimes she plays short balls but then very long ones. She plays very tactically."

Her next match will be against her good friend Ons Jabeur and on that she said:

"I always said she's one of the most talented players in the world. She's doing an amazing year. It's nice seeing all these players that we were like a few years ago outside the Top 100 now being Top 10, Top 20, fighting for the finals. It's amazing. I'm super happy and I'm happy that I can play her."