Paula Badosa continues to dream and is already in the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open

Paula Badosa continues to dream in the land of Madrid. The Spanish tennis player, the only national representative of the women’s final draw together with Sara Sorribes – eliminated in the 1st round -, achieved the pass to the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open after defeating one of the classics of the WTA circuit, the Swiss Belinda Bencic, in two sets (6-4, 7-5). Paula, current number 62 in the ranking, made good her local condition and, with the support of the stands, takes another step in an unbeatable career in the Caja Mágica.After her triumphs against Krejcikova, Teichmann and Sevastova, Badosa appeared again at the Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Stadium to prove himself in pursuit of a new triumph of bells at the Mutua Madrid Open. The Spanish tennis player, born in New York, would face Belinda Bencic, one of the candidates to do very, very well on the land of the capital, but which Paula already knew what it was like to defeat her. He did it in Charleston, in April, in a match that seemed like the present, of extreme toughness. Both contenders tried from the first moment to impose their rhythm from the back of the court, and the combination of heights of Badosa , who alternated good shots with high balls that annoyed the Swiss a lot. A first break by Paula would be neutralized after the games by Bencic, but again in the ninth, the Spanish would deliver the final blow to the set, closed with a 6-4 to the delirium of those present in the second most important stadium of the Caja Mágica .The match, played without a roof thanks to the good weather that has settled in the capital of Spain, benefited Badosa, acclimated to the weather conditions and taking advantage of the hitting of the sun to, with its high balls, make Bencic dizzy and prevent him from entering packed into the party. Paula broke the serve of her rival from the start in the second set, but a distraction game again caused the equalizer. Hit to the semifinals From there, absolute solidity by both sides to serve, with the sole exception of a break point of Badosa in the ninth game, which would have left her at the gates of the game. She missed the first opportunity but she was not going to do it the second time, already in the hot moments, and with 5-5, Paula was able to chain the final set to, again, lie down and celebrate that her dream is still alive in Madrid . Now they are waiting for Kvitova or Barty, two champions to extend the path of the –grate– surprise of the women’s team at the Mutua Madrid Open.