The US Open 2024 starts this Monday, and one of the first to debut is Paula Badosa. The Catalan will begin his participation in the second shift on the Grandstand court, between 7 and 8 pm peninsular Spanish time, against the Swiss Viktoria Golubic, an affordable rival if we consider the level shown in recent weeks of the former world number 2. .
After his victory in Washington and his semifinals in Cincinnati, Badosa chose not to compete this week and went to New York and trained hard at the Flushing Meadows facility.
There he worked hard, although he also experienced embarrassing moments. And if not, see what happened to him during one of his preparation sessions.
The person from Begur practiced her serve and everything was going well… until one of her serves did not go to the other side. Something normal, if not because The ball bounced in his field, and over a meter.
A situation that the tennis player took with a great sense of humor. And these days nothing seems to be able to disturb his good mood after overcoming the worst moment of his career.
“The strange thing is that I had to undergo so many infiltrations. For them, my recovery was a year without work, come back, maximum one infiltration and forget it … But I was hurt and the infiltrations were of no use to me. Did they tell me I retired 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 makes no sense.“he said a few days ago in an interview with Cadena SER.
“Yes… They told me the only solution was almost withdrawal. They told me to try infiltrations, which is a park that covers the pain. You end up putting shit, corticosteroids and everything, in your body.. so your physique changes 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.” he explained.
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, he will face Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Spanish woman’s romantic partner, in mixed doubles. In fact, the nickname ‘Tsitsidosa’ has gone viral in the tennis scene.
Source: La Verdad
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