Spain’s Paula Badosa turned heads with a run to the fourth round at Roland-Garros last year but it was not until she hit the clay again in 2021 that pundits really began to take notice as she notched wins over the likes of world No.1 Ashleigh Barty, reached a semi-final in Madrid and bagged a first title in Belgrade.
The 33rd seed’s path to the second week had parted nicely but she looked down and out when Romanian Ana Bogdan held a match point at 6-2 6-5 in the third round. Badosa rallied to steal the set and even trailed 4-2 in the decider before bringing it home 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 in two hours and 51 minutes. She will face 2019 runner-up Marketa Vondrousova for a place in her first Grand Slam quarter-final.
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