The Spanish Paula Badosa, number 82 in the world, fell this Tuesday in the first round of the WTA 500 in Charleston (USA) against the American Danielle Collins (n.22), who last week was proclaimed champion of the tournament. Miami.
Collins, who announced that he will retire at the end of the season but is going through a magnificent moment of form, won 6-1 and 6-4 in one hour and 21 minutes.
Her next rival will be the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (n.6), who defends the title she won in Charleston in 2023.
Badosa closes her time in the United States in recent weeks with bad feelings, since she was unable to participate in Indian Wells due to injury and in Miami she only made it to the second round, in which she lost to the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (n.2).
