Prior to her run Down Under, Badosa’s hard-court prowess was on full display throughout the second half of her 2024 campaign. She won her first WTA 500 title in Washington, D.C. and contested semifinals at WTA 1000 events at Cincinnati and Beijing in-between producing a maiden US Open quarterfinal showing.
“I wasn’t expecting maybe improving or going so fast. I didn’t check, but seeing the results of everyone, now I know I’m Top 10, but I think the last months maybe it’s Top 5 of the players that have win most matches,” Badosa told press Thursday following her loss to Sabalenka. “
“So for me that’s insane, and it’s an insane improvement, an insane improvement mentally, of believing, of coming back from that.”
