2023-07-03 21:40:37
Updated Monday, July 3, 2023 – 21:40
He anticipates his return after injuring his back in Rome. He faces Riske this Tuesday, hours after his partner plays against Thiem.
Badosa, next to Tsitsipas in Calvi.CATI CLADERAEFE
More popular in recent times for his appearances in the role couch, Paula Badosa returns to tennis this Tuesday (around 5:00 p.m., Movistar) in the first round of Wimbledon against the American Alison Riske. Away from the slopes since he suffered a stress fracture in his L4 vertebra when he fell in Rome in front of Our Jabeur, at the end of May, the Spanish has brought forward her return to the competition, since then it was estimated that she would be out between eight and 12 weeks. Badosa surpassed the Moroccan and reached the quarterfinals at the Foro Itlico, being surpassed by Jelena Ostapenkobut that apparently inconsequential stumble had consequences.
“I’ve been training for a week. I don’t feel pain, but I’m not at my maximum. My goal is more long-term,” he said before the Movistar Plus cameras. Thirty-fifth in the ranking, the Dubai-based tennis player, who came to be number two in the world, is trying to resume a path that has been blocked throughout this season, where she has barely been able to get off the ground due to injuries.
At 25 years old, the winner in Indian Wells in 2021 and semifinalist in the WTA Finals of that same season has not managed to stabilize among the best. Physical problems, together with continuous changes in her work team, have had a lot to do with her progress being stopped. In fact, Wimbledon is the first major that she can play in 2023, since she was also unable to play the Australian Open due to a right quadriceps injury, after having made the semifinals in Adelaide.
Revolution in Majorca
In recent weeks, he has made headlines due to his sentimental relationship with Stefanos Tsitsipas, number five in the world and double finalist in Grand Slam tournaments. The couple recently attended the ATP 250 in Mallorca, where the Greek was eliminated by Yannick Hanfmann in his debut, and gave the tournament another visibility for a few days with his public appearances, seconded by the proclamation of their messages of reciprocal love spread through social networks. Both starred in joint training sessions, alongside the apostlesthe father and coach of Tsitsipas.
They meet again at Wimbledon, with the intention of resuming the good competitive tone. Tsitsipas, who has lost the two matches played on grass prior to the tournament, will play at twelve in the morning on court 2 against Dominic Thiemwhile his fiancée will do it hours later at 12. Rolled over by Carlos Alcaraz In the Roland Garros quarterfinals, the Greek will try to improve his balance on the London pitch, where his ceiling is in the round of 16 of 2018.
Badosa, who has touched the round of 16 on two occasions, knows that it will be particularly difficult given his lack of games and the aggravating circumstance of not being seeded. He has played Riske twice, both in Mallorca and on grass. He defeated her in three sets in 2019, a year after losing in two sets.
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