The best version of will return Paula Badosa just a while ago US Open. The Spanish tennis player was a semifinalist in Cincinnati and won in Washington. Great results made even more so considering the tough months he’s had due to physical problems that forced him out of the position. 139 in the WTA ranking.
The Catalan wants to once again be the tennis player who amazed the world by being crowned Indian Wells and became number 2 in the ranking WTA. It all went wrong when she broke a vertebra at the WTA 1,000 in Rome last year. The discomfort continued and affected his game. In an extensive interview with Cadena SER, Badosa recounted how difficult the process of recovering the infiltrations was.
“The strange thing is that I have to infiltrate a lot. For them My recovery is to lose work for a year, come back, at least one infiltration and forget about it… But it hurts and the infiltrations are of no use to me. Did they tell me to retire from tennis when my body didn’t respond? They told me if I was out of work for more than a year and there was no possibility of playing high level tennis again. And for me not playing at a high level means nothing.”
“Yes… They told me the only solution was almost withdrawal. They told me to use infiltrations, which is a park that covers your pain. In the end you are putting shit, corticosteroids and everything, in your body… so your physique changes a lot. From being an athlete to not being one. You are bloated and gain weight. Admission is something difficult for me. But of course I chose to play even if I’m not 100% than to quit.”
Madrid, the turning point
In every sporting career there is a turning point where you hit rock bottom. In Badosa’s case, it was this year at the Masters 1000 in Madrid, where he was eliminated in the first round in front of his home crowd. From there his game went up and Right now he is No. 27 in the WTA ranking.
“I was very bad the following week, but I tried to find solutions. In other words, I completely changed everything and went back to what I had in 2021. I reached the turning point and everyone around me said that i’m crazy I had to break stones and I trusted myself… but my fear was only behind me. “I made a radical change in everything and started from scratch.”
In the US Open, Badosa has a big double challenge. In individual terms he has never been past the second round and now he comes with the best feeling in months, so the aim is to improve on that result. In addition, it will compete with Stefanos Tsitsipassentimental partner of the Spanish woman, in mixed doubles. In fact, the nickname ‘Tsitsidosa’ has gone viral in the tennis scene.
Source: La Verdad
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