Badosa, on Tsitsipas before the start of Indian Wells: “He might sleep on the couch”

This Wednesday (at 8 pm Spanish peninsular time) The new edition of the Indian Wells tournament will begin, and it will do so with Paula Badosa as one of its first protagonists.

Catalan debuts on day one (around 5am) with an interesting rivalry against American Ashlyn Krueger that, if she wins, it will open the doors to the second round, where she will face the reigning champion, Elena Rybakina.

But before the official competition began, the previous morning was a contest of charity exhibition where the Spanish player has a prominent role.

He played a tiebreak tournament in pairs, and he did so, logically, with Stefanos Tsitsipas. Both showed great cooperation at all times, both in the past moments and on the track, where they achieved several victories, the most notable of them against a duo of the level of Polish Iga Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz.

Paula and Stefanos won by a resounding 10-2 in a festive atmosphere where there is no shortage of jokes. For example, the interview they gave after the game.

“So, Stefanos, how was the experience of playing with this superstar?” the reporter asked him. Tsitsipas, after a few seconds of reflection He commented that “this is a trick question that is difficult to answer”where Badosa took the microphone to mark the ground.

“Depending on what he answers, he might end up sleeping on the couch tonight.” he said between laughs, of himself, his son and the thousands of spectators who filled the stands.

“The truth is we are very happy” finally replied the Greek, who came out in a delicate moment with flying colors.

Unfortunately, they were unable to celebrate the victory in the tournament because, after defeating Swiatek and Hurkacz, They fell in the grand final against Americans Ben Shelton and Emma Navarro for a very tight 10-8.