Paula Badosa retires in an Iasi final dominated by Mayar Sherif

Paula Badosa This Monday she was unable to add her fifth WTA title. Almost two years after winning the Washington final, and just a few days after conquering the WTA 125 from Bastadin the category immediately below that of the top-level WTA tournaments, She was unable to finish the WTA 250 final in Iasi (Romania) due to physical problems.

The match was very on track for the Egyptian Maya Sherif, who won 6-4, 4-0 and retired to the Catalan player. Thus, Badosa has been left without a prize in a few days in which it is experiencing great growth and in which His title and this final have allowed him to return to the top-100 positions.

Badosa was unable to win a match that started with problems for both players with the serve. A succession of five consecutive breaks between the third and seventh games of this set have gone in favor of Sherif, who forced Badosa to row against the current. With many errors, the Spanish has not found continuitywas unable to respond to the 4-3 break and gave up the first set.

Any attempt at a reaction by Badosa in the second round was beginning to be dispelled by his physicality. With many unforced errors, the two breaks given at the beginning were too much for Paula. I had options to recover each of them, but I couldn’t and, with those problems, with 4-0 down, I decided to stop.

Thus, Badosa puts an end to her immaculate career in first-level WTA finals, since He had won the four he had played in Belgrade 2021, Indian Wells 2021, Sydney 2022 and Washington 2024. Their winning streak is also broken, at nine after the five at 125 in Bastad and the four added in Iasi until this final. What does not break is the good moment of Badosa, who is back in the fight for tournaments after many difficult months.