Diana Shnaider vs. Paula Badosa | 2024 Ningbo Open | WTA Match Highlights

What a game she has though, an absolute revelation. Oh yes, now the penultimate forehand from Paola Pedotta, an absolute scorcher. Brilliant point from Dinah Schneider, that is absolutely exceptional. She only had one option, that was to come round the ball, she did too much. Beautifully done, the pattern of play. Oh it's a shame, it was a cautious approach shot though, didn't get the luck with the net cords. But it was just the cautious approach shot that did Pedotta in really. She gives the thumbs up because Schneider did apologize for the net cord, she won't apologize for taking the first set, because she's taken six games to four. That's well done, one of those bounce smashes, Oh it's a brilliant point, arguably the best of the match so far. Now this is the surging Spaniard at her very best, a brilliant comeback. It looked almost like her goose was cooked a little earlier. It's a little injured, facing a break point, she managed to hold on and now she's a set a piece, the momentum is all with the eighth seed. A semi-finalist in Toronto, that's an extraordinary back end. Pedotta got herself into a bit of trouble there with that very short forehand, Schneider stayed patient on it, just brilliance from Pedotta. Her debut here at the Ningbo Open begins with a win and a good one at that. She increases her head-to-head over Diana Schneider to four and two, and that's a nice ending between two massive competitors. Two players in the world's top 20, one of them had to go, one of them had to advance, and that one is a smiling Paola Badossa. Put the work in tonight, it was a long one on a very humid evening.