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French Open 2022: Third seed Badosa needs three sets to oust Juvan in second round

Third seed Paula Badosa outlasted Slovenia’s Kaja Juvan before making sure to qualify for the third round with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 victory at the French Open on Thursday.

Badosa, the former junior champion in Paris, had to work even harder in the first round where she spent less than an hour on the court.

“It was a very impressive match. And I’m expecting a match like this,” Badosa said. “I still need a match here to feel a little better.”

“I was nervous and stressed. She ran to get all the balls. At that moment I tried to stay as calm as possible and play aggressively.”

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A 24-year-old footballer who is left-handed but plays right-handed. Doesn’t need much control, destroys Juvan in the first game and takes a 3-0 lead.

But the Spaniards had to fight to win the scene as the Slovenians fought back from 5-2 to level.

Juvan tries to shake Badosa out of her game plan.

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She pinned the Spaniard, who made the second week of both her previous appearances at Roland Garros, to the base line and hit a total of 25 drop shots in the first two sets alone.

Her strategy worked when she defeated world number four Badosa, going up 4-2 and taking the second set.

Another break put her in the lead at the start of game three, but Badosa then took control, going through four games in a row to grab the referee. and created a third round clash with Russian Veronika Kudermetova.