Indian Wells 2022 - Paula Badosa defeats Veronika Kudermetova to set up a semi-final meeting with Maria Sakkari

Defending champion Paula Badosa kept her hopes of securing back-to-back Indian Wells titles alive with a dominant quarter-final win over Veronika Kudermetova. The Spaniard had lost all three of her previous meetings against the number 21 seed but turned the head-to-head upside down with a convincing 6-3 6-2 victory. Ad/> “I’m very happy.

I’d never beaten her (until now). I played her three years ago and lost like 6-3 6-2 so imagine happy I am," she said during her post-match interview on court. Australian Open'A little bit stressed' Sakkari battles past Maria to reach second round17/01/2022 AT 02:07 /> “Whenever I played against her I always made the same mistakes so today I didn’t want to do it for a fourth time in a row.

I served very well and I think that was the hey. I stayed very aggressive and didn’t let her move me around a lot." Badosa had almost flawlessly navigated her way through the draw with wins over Tereza Martincova, Sara Sorribes Tormo and in-form US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez's and she found her range immediately to take control of the proceedings. ‘My tennis is changing’ – Swiatek ready for Halep clash Azarenka deletes social media accounts after bursting into tears at Indian Wells WTA 1000 events: where are they? Will the big names feature? The Spaniard was keen to match her opponent’s aggressive game-plan and broke for a 3-1 advantage with a thumping crosscourt winner.