Stuttgart Open: Badosa looking sharp in win over Shnaider, sets up meeting with Sabalenka
Paula Badosa won against Diana Shnaider 6-3, 6-4 on Monday evening. She’ll play second seed Aryna Sabalenka in the next round
Tennis – WTA 500 – Stuttgart Open – Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Germany – April 18, 2023 Spain’s Paula Badosa in action during her round of 32 match against Russia’s Daria Kasatkina (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Spaniard Paula Badosa advanced to the second round of the Stuttgart Open by defeating Russian qualifier Diana Shnaider 6-3, 6-4 at the Porsche-Arena.
Badosa, ranked No 93, will play second seed Aryna Sabalenka next.
Stuttgart WTA 500, other first-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, USD 802.237, most recent results first):
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Laura Siegemund
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ons Jabeur
- Emma Raducanu vs. Angelique Kerber
- Linda Noskova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Tatjana Maria vs. Elise Mertens
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Donna Vekic
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Sara Errani
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Sachia Vickery (Q) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 7-6 (2), 7-5
