"Badosa has a degree of aspiration to be number two or one in the world"

The Spanish captain of the Spanish team of the Billie Jean King Cup, Anabel Medina, in an interview with EFE reviewed the panorama of current women’s tennis and featured the great year signed by Paula Badosawhere he indicated that he had the level of play not only to stay in the top ten but aspire to be number two or one in the world.

The Spanish tennis player, after hitting last year, has confirmed this season his good mood and results, after reaching the semifinals at Indian Wells and having to retire due to illness in the Miami quarters, which allowed her to rise to the podium of world women’s tennis, as third in the WTA classification.

“The level he has is a joy because what we have seen in history in recent years in tennis is that players with very good results, like Raducanu or Leylah Fernández, are having a lot of trouble to combine that level and in Paula’s case it’s not like that “he said.

“He had very good tournaments, at Indian Wells he got to the semifinals, and now in Miami this unexpected event happened to him in the quarterfinals. I pay attention to the game and in his case he has the tennis level to stay in the top ten and aspires to be close to two or one“, He added.

And it was Medina that featured the difficulty that young tennis players have to consolidate their status after having great success.

“Emotional management is difficult because the scenario has changed a lot for them, they go from being totally unknown players to having all the focus on them and that happens to them at a very young age. Paula is a little older, it happened to her. when she was 23, already Raducanu is 18 and manage these situations is not so easy. We believe they are very old and have spectacular maturity but it is a matter of adapting to this new scenario because they have a high level of tennis “, paliwanag niya. .

The director of the BBVA International Open in Valencia also pointed out the negative impact of the influence of new technologies and social networks on new generations of tennis players.

“The issue of having everything right away on social networks, of having any news right away, which makes you less patient, become more immature, more distracted, I’ve noticed a lot that young people have a hard time maintaining concentration and tennis is a sport with great concentration and a lot of consistency and commitment, and I’ve noticed that, that young people have a hard time. You talk to them and it’s hard for them to stay focused and that’s noticeable in tennis, both boys and girls, ”he said.

Surprise Barty

Regarding the recent withdrawal of world number one Ashleigh Barty, at the age of 25, Medina told EFE that she was surprised halfway through the announcement.

“I was surprised yes and no, yes because the moment he was in, he was number one in the world and just won his tournament, the Australian Open at his home, and you were a little shocked, but not because of the record. he is Dyed“, he claims.

“He suffered a lot when he was very young because a lot of pressure was put on him because it was considered that he was going to be a good tennis player, which he confirmed, but at 15 or 16 years old he had to stop. .because she couldn’t handle the pressure.That break made her give value to the things that she considers important, such as her family, her environment, being at home and that tennis has been important for her but not the main thing, because I mas prioritized the personal side over the professional, “he continued.

“He doesn’t need that spotlight and being the center of attention, he doesn’t need to win a lot of Grand Slams. He has had a very successful career, won three Grand Slams and became number one in the worldI think she already feels satisfied with that and wants to do other things in life and we have to respect her, but she is still very young and who knows if in three or four years she will decide to come back again, ”explained Medina.

Finally, he referred to the situation Garbiñe Muguruza was going through with injuries and that affected him this first third of the season.

“I was a little worried because he had to be eliminated in three very important tournaments and that meant he would eventually have something to take care of.. The decision was right because ultimately competing with injuries doesn’t help and takes away confidence on the emotional side, the best thing is to stop, recover and come back stronger, ”he stressed.