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Beatriz Haddad Maia Advances to Korea Open After Defeating Kudermetova Sisters in Back-to-Back Matches

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Beatriz Haddad Maia is one way away from another title…

The 28-year-old Brazilian professional tennis player beat the Kudermetova sisters in back-to-back singles matches at the Korea Open on Saturday to reach the final, where she’ll face top-seeded Daria Kasatkina.

Beatriz Haddad MaiaThe quarterfinals and semifinals had to be played on the same day because rain washed out all action Friday.

Haddad Maia beat Polina Kudermetova 6-2, 6-1 to reach the last four and then got past Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 6-4.

“I improved a little bit from the first match I had today, so I’m happy,” Haddad Maia said after reaching her second final of the year. “Tomorrow I have another opportunity to do it better.”

The third-seeded Brazilian was the 2017 runner-up in the Seoul WTA 500-level tournament.

Veronika Kudermetova, at 27 the older of the sisters, had beaten Viktoriya Tomova 7-5, 6-3 to get into the semifinals.

Kasatkina advanced to the last four when 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu retired with an apparent left foot injury after losing the first set 6-1. She then beat fourth-seeded Diana Shnaider 6-3, 6-4 to reach Sunday’s final.

Haddad Maia has previously won three titles.

Paula Badosa Wins First Career WTA Title at Serbia Open

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Paula Badosa has claimed her first WTA title…

The 23-year-old Spanish tennis player, who has been an absolute beast on clay this year, battled through double duty on Saturday at the Serbia Open to claim the trophy.

Paula Badosa

Badosa, who improves to 13-2 on clay during the season, defeated Viktoriya Tomova, 6-1, 6-2, before claiming the title with a win over Ana Konjuh when the Croatian qualifier ended the match due to a hip injury while trailing 6-2, 2-0 RET.

“Today wasn’t an easy day, not even in the morning,” Badosa said. “In the afternoon, I think I played an amazing first set, I think I played at a very good level. Ana’s an amazing player, I’m so sorry for her we have to finish like this, but the part that I was playing, I think it was quite good so I’m happy with the level.”

Badosa will rise to a career-high ranking, projected at 34, which might be good enough for a seeding at Roland Garros. Last year in Paris, Badosa reached the round of 16 on the terre battue, and she has gone 19-4 on clay since the start of 2020.

Konjuh can be thankful her problems had nothing to do with the elbow injury that kept her off tour for a year and a half. She hopes to recover in time to take a shot at the French Open. She reached her first final since 2017 Auckland and will see her ranking rise to inside the Top 150 next week (for the first time since 2018).

“Yesterday in the match I kind of pulled my hip flexor,” said Konjuh, who qualified for the main draw, and defeated Maria Camila Osorio Serrano, 7-6(6), 7-6(4) in her first of two matches on Saturday. “I’ve been trying to get it right but this match this morning didn’t really help—it’s been a hell of a fight. I just could not continue and I didn’t want to risk Paris, playing in a few days, and hopefully I can get ready for it.”

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Paula Badosa Defeats Viktoriya Tomova at Belgrade Open to Reach First-Ever WTA Final

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Paula Badosa is thisclose to her first WTA title…

The 23-year-old Spanish tennis player beat Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova in the semifinals 6-1, 6-2 in one hour and two minutes at the Belgrade Open on Friday.

Paula Badosa

Badosa started the game like a cyclone. She gave her rival no choice. Two service breaks to her rival gave her a sufficient advantage to put the first set on track and take it by a resounding 6-1 in 27 minutes.

Badosa will next play Croatia’s Ana Konjuh, who beat Colombia’s Mara Camila Osorio, in the final.

Badosa and Konjuh met in the first qualifying round of the Madrid Open in 2015, with the Spaniard winning 6-3, 6-3.

Badosa will be contesting her first final of her WTA career. She had previously reached the semifinals in Madrid, Charleston and Lyon this year.