2024 WTA1000 Rome Station Women's Singles 1/8 Finals, a key battle, Gauff vs. Badosa, in the end, Gauff won two sets in a row with a big score of 2-1 reversal after losing one set, refused to overturn, and became another 1 quarterfinals player, in the next round, 1/4 finals, Gauff will face Zheng Qinwen.
Bardosa is ranked 126th in the world, while Gauff is ranked 3rd in the world and is the third seed in the tournament. This is the first meeting between the two, and judging by the form and rankings, Gauff is clearly above Bardosa. It is worth mentioning that the winner between the two will face Zheng Qinwen, the "first sister of China", in the quarterfinals, who eliminated Naomi Osaka in straight sets earlier, and broke into the quarterfinals of this station for two consecutive years, and is in good form.
In the first set, in the first six games, the two played 3-3, and each completed the hold 3-3. In the 7th game, Bardosa took the lead in breaking serve, 4-3, and then extended the advantage 5-3 with a thrilling hold. In the 9th game, Gauff successfully held serve to stop the decline 4-5. In the 10th game, Gauff broke back to 5-5. In the 11th game, Badosa broke serve again 6-5, and in the 12th game, Badosa scored four straight points to cash in on the serve to win the set, taking the next game 7-5 and leading Gauff 1-0.
In the second set, in the 4th game, Gauff took the lead to break 3-1, in the 5th game, Badosa completed the break back 2-3, in the 6th game, Gauff broke again 4-2, in the 7th game, Badosa continued to break 3-4, and in the 8th game, Badosa had no danger to hold serve 4-4. In the 9th game, Gauff easily held serve for 5-4. In the 10th game, Gauff broke serve again, 6-4, and the big score was 1-1.
In the deciding set, Badosa came up to break first, while Gauff broke 3-1 in the second and fourth games, and then broke four straight points to hold serve 4-1. Then he won two games in a row and easily won 6-1 and reversed 2-1.