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Badosa wants to finish 2026 as the best Spanish tennis player in the ranking

Diego Jiménez Rubio - 28 Oct 2026
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Paula Badosa, title hopes in Guangzhou. Photo: Getty Images

Paula Badosa seeks to maximize her season and find opportunities to experience great success and gain confidence by taking advantage of the power vacuum among the players competing in some of the year's final tournaments. The WTA 250 Guangzhou 2026 is an opportune event for this, and the Spaniard is already in the quarter-finals.

There are many motivating factors for Badosa heading into this tournament. Among the most notable are the possibility of returning to the top-50, the desire to get closer to the positions that grant seeding at the 2027 Australian Open, the chance to lift a title again, after doing so this year in Bastad, though in a smaller tournament, a WTA 125, and the possibility of finishing the year as the best Spanish tennis player in the WTA ranking.

Badosa could leave Guangzhou as the best Spanish tennis player in the ranking

After defeating Kraus 6-1 6-4, she is now waiting in the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 Guangzhou 2026 for the winner of the match between Tjen and Dart. Both are manageable opponents for the Spaniard if she can compete without significant physical discomfort and there are no other particularly imposing names among the survivors in the Chinese tournament.

Additionally, the defeat of Cristina Bucsa in the WTA 500 Tokyo 2026, against Maya Joint 6-1 2-6 6-4, clears the path for Paula Badosa to aim for a leap that would position her as the best player in the country at the end of 2026. To achieve this, Badosa from Begur needs to be crowned champion in China this very week, something that would elevate her to the 40th position in the rankings, surpassing the aforementioned Bucsa, currently 43rd in the world. Will she succeed?

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