“Physical and Medical Problems” Catalan tennis player Paula Badosa will be barred from playing in the qualifying round for the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup, which the Spanish team will play this week in Bolduque (s-Hertogenbosch) against the Netherlands.
“My medical team advised, and due to the physical and medical problems with which I had to compete in recent weeks, I will be removed from the call for the BJK Cup”, the player himself reports, third in the world ranking.
“It wasn’t an easy decision. Anyone who knows me knows how hard it is for me not to participate in a competition and this one inspired me especially,” the tennis player added.
“I will be cheering on my teammates from a distance with the desire to compete side by side with them in the next call,” said Badosa, who fell in the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 tournament in Charleston (USA) on Friday. against Swiss Belinda Bencic., winner after the title.
It was Spain’s second loss in the initial call for this tie overseen by captain Anabel Medina.
Aliona Bolsova was called in to replace the injured Garbiñe Muguruza, who has left shoulder problems. Sara Sorribes, Nuria Párrizas and Rebeka Masárová were the other players called up.
Spain and the Netherlands have faced each other three times in the so -called Federation Cup (1988, 1989 and 1993), always with the Spanish winning.
The tie will be played at Maaspoort Sports & Events in s-Hertogenbosch, on indoor clay.
Arantxa Rus, Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, Arianne Artono and Demi Schuurs will play for the Netherlands.
Source: La Verdad
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