Princesses in the Desert! BNP Paribas Open. Bye Indian Wells.

Princesses in the Desert!

It had been a long time since I felt so much excitement when watching a women's final; today's was a memorable match, especially for its protagonists who filled the center court of the Indians Wells Tennis Gardes with good tennis, to the delight of the fans. It could not be better, to see Vika Azarenka playing again the final of one of her favorite tournaments, a Belarusian lady, but with the spirit of competition still alive; on the other side of the net, the young Spanish Paula Badosa, tough and serene tennis, who reached her second final this year; so the chances were 50% for each one and the story would be written by them on the court, in the middle of the Californian desert.

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Both princesses came to this event with great mental momentum, after two weeks of hard work, they have been working hard to advance in each step until this tennis Sunday hahaha. Victoria arrives after overcoming great players like Kvitova, Pegula and Ostapenko; however Pau, has left a trail of top level tennis players in her wake, such as Cori, Barbora, Angelique and Ons; so we can say that we have the best girls of the tournament in the final, they have carved a high road and it will be the first official confrontation between the two, that is to say, more emotions impossible. Besides my favoritism towards my platonic love Vika Azarenka hahaha, only she doesn't know it.

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Focusing on the match, I observed the offensive tendency of the Belarusian, who despite the physical superiority of her rival, dared to play in the paint, attack the third stroke and change the pace of play, that is, Azarenka came out with everything she has and so it should be, because in front of her she has an opponent 9 years younger and with better ranking. The battle of the first set was close and complex, while Victoria reviewed the wide range of strokes, Paula clung to his strength and youth; no yields so they go to the tie break tiebreaker, in which the Spanish takes Vika out of the track to cross a beautiful backhand, which celebrated as if it were the very match point hehe. It's been 1 hour and 19 minutes while from my TV I can see the stands cheering non-stop.

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The second set is all for the Minsk player, with a couple of breaks and winning shots of dream; the yellow warrior seems revitalized, managing to finish the 6 - 2 in her favor, in just 33 minutes; so this is defined in the third round; this is how the great finals should be.
Total parity, the princesses fight with the knife between their teeth, Azarenka fights more with her heart than with anything and although Paula stumbled in the eighth game, she got up to continue fighting a difficult match; there the real motivation stands out, no matter how many times you fall, the most important thing is to get up and keep going. That's what Badosa did when Vika broke her serve in the tenth game and got within a shot of winning; even Paula made the gesture of crying, but it seems that her inner flame kept burning, she pulled herself together and recovered her break in epic fashion.

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I must admit it pained me to see Vika so close to winning a major title and not make the clinch. She came up just short actually, but to win you have to win hahaha. That has done the beautiful Paula Badosa, who in the month of May won her first WTA tournament in the land of Belgrade and today has shown an unbreakable character, to stand as the new master of the circuit. The BNP Paribas Open has concluded with a dream women's final. And although Cameron showed me again that, in tennis and sport in general nothing is impossible, we must give glory to the winners and honor to the vanquished.
Congratulations to the Champions!

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See you next time!

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