Today is Wednesday. Spain made its debut in the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup in a match against Poland to enter the quarterfinals.
The team captained by Anabel Medina has Paula Badosa as a great asset. The Catalan is the number 1 of the team thanks to a great season in which he overcame a very difficult moment to return to the elite of world tennis.
He spoke about it in a long interview for Movistar+ with Álex Corretjawhere he also discusses topics that don’t usually have a presence in the media.
This is the case of menstruation, which affects the Badosa greatly. “Seasons are a bitch for tennis players. My team and I calculate when it will come: it affects my body and my mood. It had a big impact on me” admitted the world number 12, who also revealed that this is a factor that he will notice when it happens to some of his rivals.
Badosa also explained that he had considered withdrawing. “Yes, there were moments throughout 2024 when, due to my injury and my state of form, I thought about not continuing to play, but I always believed in myself.“, but he had the support of his people, including Stefanos Tsitsipas, a key figure for him.
“I’ll never forget it. I wasn’t good, I wasn’t where I wanted to be. And I told him: I think this year I’m going to give up because I don’t see myself going back to this. And he looked at me with a silly face and said: ‘but you’re close to the top 10 again’he said.
Regarding the impact of everything he does on social networks, Badosa acknowledged that he is “very aware of the outside world: without realizing it, I go to Twitter and see something in me. I am very disturbed by injustices or headlines about me that are not true, and it is difficult for me to manage it.“, not an easy moment like his resignation at the Paris Games.
“It hurts me not to go to the Olympic Games, but the decision is not difficult for me, but I will always put my career first and ranking points. The Games don’t give points and I have to watch myself.”
Source: La Verdad
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