Badosa: "No one knows how nervous I am"

The strength of the result, 6-2 and 6-0, against the French fiona ferro hid many things from the Spaniards Paula Badosathat after the victory that allowed him to advance to Roland Garros revealed that he still feels a lack of confidence.

The same he has been experiencing in recent weeks, when he seems to have lost the fiber of his beautiful trajectory from the end of last season to the beginning of the present.

“No one knows how nervous I am on the track. I’m glad I controlled those nerves (…) I think a lot of what happens in my career depends on whether I can master these types of situation, “summed up the number 3 in the world

“Every victory counts to regain confidence,” added the tennis player, who arrived in Paris with morale somewhat affected by the poor result.

Badosa, 24, knows he has a fight of his own to regain the level that led him to win last year. Belgrade and Indian Wellsan inertia that continued at the start of this season with success on sydney.

But then came the vertigo. He held number 2 in the world and the pressure crushed his freshness. He didn’t lose tennis, but he lost faith, gripped by fear.

Not so against Ferro. Badosa had to wait to enter the central office in Paris, because before that they were honored Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and that prolonged the wait. And his nervousness increased.

The Spaniard reported that he was feeling good about his game and his physique and the lump in the results he was going through, which left him early. Stuttgart, Madrid and Romeresponds to problems in his head.

“Mentally I’m retreating since Madrid,” said the player, who presented himself in Paris this way, knowing that victories are the best way to regain motivation.

“But it takes a lot of confidence to earn and lose right away,” added Badosa, who feels that if he wins he will complete a good tournament.

“Win? I don’t know. Anything can happen. I hope I can get into the final rounds. If I continue to win games here I’m eligible for that. In training I feel I’m good, but I have to get those winners to get the winning mentality and that confidence, ”he said.

In his debut it helped to find himself again in central, where he lost last year in the quarterfinals against the Slovenian. Tamara Zidansekbut the grandeur of the stage gave him more confidence than pressure.

“I really like playing on central courts, now in almost all tournaments I can experience it. When you’re not very confident it could not be good, but it motivates me, it helps me not to notice the lack of confidence so much” , story.

Badosa advanced to a draw in which four of the ten favorites had already fallen, including the defending champion, the Czech Barbora Krejcikovaand the Tunisian Ons Jabeurwho just won in Madrid and ended up in Rome.

“That talented players have fallen, I see it more as a warning. Anyone can beat you. When they play against a favorite, the rivals are more loose and an 80 or 90 in the world can give of the same level of best “, he highlighted.