Paula Badosa, Belinda Bencic, Elena Rybakina all out of WTA Finals race after defeats in Guadalajara

20.10.2022 - 13:13 eurosport.com

Former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka advanced to the last 16 at the Guadalajara Open after world No. 3 Paula Badosa retired at the end of the first set.

At 4-1 down the Spaniard called on the trainer but decided to play on. However, when Azarenka closed out the set with an ace to make it 6-2, Badosa retired due to illness.

Ad Defeat for Badosa means she is out of the race to qualify for the WTA finals. WTA GuadalajaraBencic battles past Fernandez in thriller to keep WTA Finals dream alive18/10/2022 AT 07:54 «You never want anybody to retire, we go out here to compete and do our best,» Azarenka said afterwards. «It's really sad that Paula wasn't able to finish the match.

I hope she recovers quickly. I'm sure we're going to have a few more matches to play, so I'm looking forward to those.» Azarenka will play Madison Keys on Thursday.

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