Paula Badosa was close to a big victory over Elena Rybakina, but the Iberian could not finish the match in time and was eliminated in the third round of the Miami Open, a “WTA 1000” tournament.

Paula Badosa, defeat by Elena Rybakina at the WTA in Miami

Badosa, who less than a year ago was ranked number two in the world (now 29), led with a set and a break (6-3, 4-2) and missed a match point at 5-4 in her favor in the second game.

Rybakina (champion of Indian Wells) made an impressive comeback and won after two hours and 32 minutes of play with a score of 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Olena (7 WTA, favorite 10) will play in the 1/8 finals with Belgian Elise Mertens (39 WTA).

They played on Saturday in the third round of the WTA Miami

Qinwen Zheng (23) – Lyudmila Samsonova (12) 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3

Olena Ostapenko (24) – Beatrice Haddad Maia (13) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Anastasia Potapova (27) – Coco Gauf (6) (8) 6-7, 7-5, 6-2

Magda Lynette (20) – Victoria Azarenka (14) 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-4

Jessica Pegula (3) – Danielle Collins (30) 6-1, 7-6(0)

Martina Trevisan (25) – Claire Liu 4-6, 7-5, 6-4

Olena Rybakina (10) – Paula Badosa (21) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3

Elise Mertens – Petra Martic (29) 6-4, 6-3.

The Miami Open takes place from March 21 to April 2 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $8,800,000. There are 96 players in the main draw, and the reigning champion is Iga Svyatek.

The result of the match between Paula Bados and Olena Rybakina