In the quarter -finals of the Berlin Open, Paula Badosa has to give up after just one sentence. She leaves her frustration on her racket.
Paula Badosa had plans a lot for the Berlin tennis Open. In the quarter-finals, the Spaniard met the Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang, who had surprisingly thrown the world ranking second and French Open winner Coco Gauff out of the tournament the day before.
Despite the surprise of the previous day, Badosa was the clear favorite on the semi -finals in the Grunewald in the duel with the Chinese. But it turned out differently: number ten in the world rankings had to hand in 1: 6 clearly and clearly. But obviously physical complaints were obvious. Towards the end of the round, she meant the chair referee that she needed the physio during the set break.
The treatment in the interruption obviously did not help. After just one game in the second set, the Spaniard had to give up. The disappointment broke out quickly: after the handshake, Badosa hit her racket on the floor several times and then hurled it back onto the square.
Then she only threw herself over her shoulders and trudged off the field with tears. Her racket was still on the Berlin lawn and was finally collected by a ball child.
Despite the shortened match and the outbreak of anger, the audience in the capital showed compassion and donated Badosa to applause comforting when leaving the Steffi-Graf stadium.
Around an hour after the match, an injury to the right hip was announced as the reason for the task. This could also affect the injury to the further course of the tournament. On Saturday, Badosa actually meets the Italian duo from Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini on the side of Ons Jabeur in the semi -finals of the double competition. It is open whether this game can take place.