Paula Badosa beat third favourite, Hungarian Panna Udvardy6-4 and 6-1, and reached the quarterfinals of the WTA 250 tournament in Hamburg, where she will again meet the Egyptian. Mayar Sherif, with whom he lost the final of the tournament in Iasi (Romania) last Monday.
The Spaniard, currently ranked 93rd in the women’s rankings, needed an hour and a quarter to defeat the Hungarian, ranked 71st in the world, whom she also beat last week in the third round of the Romanian tournament.
Paula Badosa picked up her eleventh win in the last twelve games she has played to extend her run in the women’s standings. The victory over Udvardia secured her 82nd place in the WTA rankings.
On the way to the semi-finals they will meet Sheriff, who earlier beat France’s Elsa Jackemo 6-2, 6-3. and with whom she played the final of the tournament in Iasi on Monday, from which she withdrew due to illness, when the African had a victory.
In another match of the day, the Spaniards Leire Romero was eliminated by Ukrainian Alexandra Oleynikova.who won 7-6 (3), 3-6 and 6-2 in two hours and forty-two minutes.