Badosa in front of Muguruza, mirror in adolescence

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The Catalan tennis player will challenge her idol from her beginnings for a place in the final of the Women’s Masters (9:00 p.m., Teledeporte)

“Muguruza it has always been a mirror in which I have looked at myself. I wish I had a career like yours “, he highlighted Paula Badosa, remembering that he had the Caracas as his idol, for his way of playing tennis that she tried to imitate.

In 2015 when Badosa won the junior title at Roland Garros, Garbiñe Muguruza He was already fighting for the ‘top ten’ and would end up qualifying for the semifinals of the WTA Finals, after being a finalist at Wimbledon.

Six years later Badosa will face this Tuesday (9:00 p.m., Teledeporte) that mirror of his adolescence to dispute the right to fight for the WTA Finals title. The winner of the two will be the second Spanish who chooses to be the teacher of women’s tennis since 1972, when the tournament was created. The first was Arantxa Sánchez 28 years ago, at Madison Square Garden in New York, in a final that she lost to the then world number 1, the German Steffi Graf (6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1).

Unpublished duel

In Guadalajara, at an altitude of 1,566 meters above sea level in the Mexican city, Muguruza and Badosa they meet in a battle of Spanish tennis queens (9:00 pm, Teledeporte). It will be the first confrontation between both tennis players. An unprecedented duel that could begin to be a classic comparable to the rivalry that, at the time, they had Arantxa Sánchez and Conchita Martinez, who met 18 times (14-4), the last one came with the Catalan victory in 2000 in Berlin.

“It will be a historic match to remember. What better time than to play it in the WTA Finals and assuring a Spanish in the final & rdquor ;, he valued Muguruza hours after qualifying for the semifinals, in the last game ‘in extremis’, after beating Estonia on Monday Anett Kontaveit (6-4, 6-4).

Muguruza appreciated the praise of Badosa. “It’s great to hear these words from her & rdquor ;, he said with pride, although knowing that the Badosa that awaits him on the court, will have little to do with the tennis player who had her as a mirror six years ago. After a very tortuous and more complicated path than the one that led to the ‘top ten’ Muguruza, the Catalan tennis player, who turned 24 yesterday, is at the level of the best, “mentally strong & rdquor; for stand up and win the ticket to the final.

Ready for battle

At 28 years old (5 worldwide), Muguruza has experience in its favor and claims to feel “much more prepared than in 2015 & rdquor; to look for a title that is missing in the Spanish tennis record, although not in the men’s where they have achieved it Manuel Orantes (1976) and Àlex Corretja (1998). For the Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player it would be the opportunity to recall her victories at Roland Garros (2016) and Wimbledon (2017), already far back in time.

“It has not been easy to get here, but I have fought to achieve it, to look for an opportunity, no matter how small,” he said after overcoming a group in which he fell from the beginning with Karolina Pliskova (4-6, 6-2, 76) and had to come back a set against Barbora Krejcikova, (2-6, 6-3, 6-4) before achieving their classification against Contact knife.

“Two years ago it was unimaginable that I would be here”

Paula Badosa

BadosaWith less experience, she has earned her opportunity more easily than even she could hope. Current world 10, after winning the 1,000 Masters of Indian Wells, lThe Catalan tennis player gave the first warning in Guadalajara with his victory against the world number 2, Aryna Sabalenka (6-4, 6-0), to certify the pass as first in the group by beating Maria Sakkari (7-6 (5), 6-4), despite losing the last game against Iga Swiatek (6-4, 6-4).

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“My life has changed fast in a short time. It was unimaginable to think that I would be here a few years ago, but I have worked hard to be in the big tournaments and playing against the best & rdquor ;, he valued Badosa that last January was the 70th World Cup, a long way from Guadalajara.



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