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Daria Kasatkina: Despite her trademark resilience and emotional firepower, Paula Badosa’s Roland Garros 2025 campaign came to a heartbreaking end in the third round, as she fell 6-1, 7-5 to a tactically astute and unflinching Daria Kasatkina.

The one-hour-and-34-minute contest on Court Simonne-Mathieu was a test of physical limits, mental resolve, and strategic depth, and Kasatkina emerged as the player with just enough clarity in all three departments.

From the opening exchanges, it was evident something was amiss with the Spaniard. “I’m cramping from the first game,” she confided to her coach, Pol Toledo, during an early changeover, visibly struggling. Even a mid-set supplement couldn’t revive her movement or rhythm. Kasatkina, sensing vulnerability, pounced.