In the second round of the Hua Hin Open in Thailand yesterday, the former world No. 2 and Spanish star Badosa had to withdraw from the match midway due to a waist injury. This is Badosa's second serious back problem in less than a year. A stress fracture in her spine forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon last year.
Badosa's comeback road restarted in this year's Australian season, but the results were not satisfactory. In yesterday's second round in Hua Hin, she retired due to physical discomfort when trailing Schneider 2-6 4-3. Badosa defeated Lanlana Talaludi in three sets in the first round.
The official instagram account of the Thailand Open also announced Badosa's withdrawal from the competition: "Unfortunately, Paola Badosa had to withdraw due to a lower back injury. I wish you a speedy recovery."
This is Badosa's withdrawal in a year Retired due to injury for the fourth time. The Spanish player was forced to withdraw before her 2023 Adelaide semi-final match against Kasatkina due to a thigh injury, which also caused her to miss that year's Australian Open.
The 26-year-old suffered a spinal stress fracture in Rome in May 2023, which forced her to withdraw from the French Open, where she had just reached the French Open quarter-finals in 2021. She then attempted a comeback at Wimbledon but had to withdraw before facing Kostyuk in the second round.
Badosa then took six months off to recover and returned to competition at the Adelaide International in January, but suffered a first-round trip to Pera. She then returned at the Australian Open, reaching the third round for the first time since 2022.
Badosa, currently ranked 83rd, defeated Townsend in the first round of the Australian Open, losing only four games. She then faced Pavlyuchenkova in the second round and won in straight sets. In the third round, she encountered Anisimova, who also came back, and lost to the American in straight sets.
It is worth mentioning that Badosa has also caused quite a stir in China recently. After Sabalenka defeated Zheng Qinwen to win the women's singles championship in the Australian Open final last week, as a best friend, Badosa sent congratulations to Saba on social media and wrote "too easy (too easy)" ". This sentence also aroused the resentment of many domestic fans.
Some netizens believed that these words did not respect Sabalenka’s opponent Zheng Qinwen, not to mention that the two sides had previously had an off-court feud, and Badosa poached Zheng Qinwen’s physical trainer.
Some fans also believe that Sabalenka did not lose a set on the way to winning the championship and did not encounter too many challenges in the final, so there is not much problem with this sentence. What do you think? (Source: Tennis Home Author: Sparks)
