Paula Badosa, 26 years old and No. 126 in the world ranking, a new era will begin since the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome. Before facing the competition, she announced her romantic breakup with the Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas, whom he has been dating since June 2023.
He had previously announced that he was going back to work with the physical trainer David Antonawho was part of his team at the time he reached world number 2, before a back injury took an alarming turn in his career, forcing him to stop for half a year.
Physical complications added to the long absence. He revealed that he had to inject cortisone because his lower back had chronic problems that hindered his career as an elite athlete.
He bid farewell to the Mutua Madrid Open with an early loss against Jessica Bouzas who promises that he will do everything on his part to regain the highest possible level.
Although the situation is not simple because the ranking condemns him to face complicated situations from the beginning. And there was a Badosa bomb in the Rome draw. He was paired with one of the worst unseeded rivals, one of the tennis players of the present and future, the Russian. Mirra Andreevaone of the new figures, just 17 years old and working for a few weeks with the Spanish coach Conchita Martinezwho during his playing days reigned four times in a row at Roma, between 1993 and 1996.
If Badosa, who has six wins and nine losses this season, beats Andreeva, she will face the American in the second round Emma Navarro, 21st seeded. In the third, the Russian Lyudmila Samsonova. For the second round, the American Coco Gauff.
The Spanish also entered the picture directly Sara Sorribes and Cristina Bucsa, who will open against Russians Anastasia Potatova and Elina Avanesyan, respectively.
Hypothetical round of 16 of the WTA in Rome
TOP PORTION OF PHOTO
Iga Swiatek (Pol/1)-Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus/14)
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra/12)-Marketa Vondrousova (Che/6)
Coco Gauff (USA/3)-Liudmila Samsonova (Rus/15)
Daria Kasatkina (Rus/10)-Qinwen Zheng (Chn/7)
LOWER PART OF THE FRAME
Maria Sakkari (Rus/5)-Jasmine Paolini (Ita/11)
Danielle Collins (USA/13)-Elena Rybakina (Kaz/4)
Ons Jabeur (Tun/8)-Jelena Ostapenko (Let/9)
Elina Svitolina (Ucr/16)-Aryna Sabalenka (Blr/2)
Source: La Verdad
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