Entering the Stuttgart tournament, a WTA 500 contested on clay, the Spaniard was forced to withdraw in the middle of the match. Opposing Aryna Sabalenka, the 26-year-old player felt pain in her left thigh – the adductors? – while the scoreboard indicated 3-3 in the third set.
In tears, Badosa fell into the arms of her opponent and nevertheless a friend in everyday life. Sabalenka also had some tender words towards him. “I think it is very important in this competitive atmosphere to have a frienddeclared the world number two in comments reported by the official WTA website. I love this girl and I feel so bad that she isn't feeling well. I was literally on the verge of crying.” And to add: “I feel for her, I really hope she recovers as quickly as possible and is ready for Madrid (Editor’s note: April 23 to May 5).”
The person concerned, who was to play the quarter-finals of the doubles alongside Ons Jabeur, has not yet communicated on the seriousness of her injury. But it seems unlikely that the Spanish-Tunisian pair will take the court this Thursday at the end of the day
This season is already the third time that the New York native has failed to complete a game, after packages in Thailand and Dubai. In addition to having had to withdraw from the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells last March.
The physical fragility of the quarter-finalist at Roland-Garros 2021 no longer needs to be demonstrated. Since her debut in 2015 on the ITF circuit (the lowest professional level), Stefanos Tsitsipas' girlfriend has experienced 33 failures on the courts! Absent at Roland-Garros 2023 and still affected during her second round at Wimbledon 2023, she had to put her career on hold until the beginning of this year.
No Roland-Garros for Paula Badosa: the Spaniard suffers from a stress fracture of a vertebra
