Badosa, who has fired Tsitsipas, announced his test: “Slowly and with low expectations”

Two fingers. Paula Badosa and Stefanos Tsitsipas closed their participation in the World Tennis League this Sunday held in the Arab Emirates with new success.

The fashionable tennis couple defeated the duo formed by Russians Daniil Medvedev and Mirra Andreeva, 7-6showing that their compatibility is supreme both on and off the track.

Undoubtedly, good news for the Catalan tennis player after a year forgotten due to injuries.. His constant physical problems caused him to miss a large part of the season, a very complicated situation that was not easy to manage.

“They were very difficult months for me, but gradually I started to feel better. The most important thing is that I am finally happy again on a tennis court, something that last month I couldn’t do because I couldn’t even go out on the court,” declared the former world number 2 in an interview with ‘GulfNews’.

“I need to play as many games as possible. I knew I had to take it slow, start slow and have low expectations. My ranking dropped a lot, but it was due to an injury, something beyond my control. Now, my big goal is to be healthy. Being able to compete for a whole year without major injuries will be key and this will allow me to fight with guarantees to once again be one of the best in the world,” added Badosa, declaring that “for now, I feel at 80% of my abilities.” on a physical level.”

Badosa will start 2024 from the 64th place in the world rankinga reflection of the lack of results as he has not officially competed since he had to withdraw in the second round of Wimbledon.

The vertebra injury, suffered during the WTA in Rome in May, had more serious consequences than expected. In the summer, the Spanish team abandoned the season. He attended the call-up for the Spanish team at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Seville in November, but did not appear again.

Stefanos Tsitsipas also ended up with physical illness, 25 years old and No. 6 ATP. His campaign has been less than stellar, from the exciting final at the Australian Open, which he lost to Novak Djokovic, to a slump starting in August where he recovered in the fall, but all ended with his second retirement against the ATP Finals. due to back injury.

From seduction with an attack option to No. 1 until finding themselves out of the top-5 after a long time.

Badosa and Tsitsipas want a better 2024 at the professional level. And they are already at work in Dubaiwhere they started a new project as a couple, as they could make their debut in mixed doubles, which was aborted at the last Wimbledon due to an injury to the Girona native, a reality.