Ningbo Open: Badosa recovers to beat Wang and move into quarter-finals
Paula Badosa beat Xiyu Wang 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2 and will face the winner of the match between Beatriz Haddad Maia and Katie Boulter in the next round
Paula Badosa, Cincinnati, 2024 © Zuma / Panoramic
Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 8 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Ningbo Open by winning against Chinese wildcard Xiyu Wang 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2 at the Yinzhou Tennis Center.
Badosa, ranked No 14, will play the winner of the match between Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 6 seed, and Katie Boulter next.
The Spaniard defeated Russian Diana Shnaider (4-6, 6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Ningbo tournament.
In the first round of the Ningbo tournament, Wang, ranked No 98, won against Russian qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova (6-2, 6-0).
Ningbo WTA 500, other second-round results (Yinzhou Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Karolina Muchova vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Yue Yuan
- YeXin Ma vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Katie Boulter
- Mirra Andreeva beat Tamara Korpatsch (LL): 6-0, 6-4
- Daria Kasatkina (5) beat Katerina Siniakova: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Yulia Putintseva beat Ella Seidel (LL): 6-4, 6-4
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