Paula Badosa, Spain’s top tennis player, has made a confession that no fan wanted to hear: she will retire early. Not because she wants to, but because her body is forcing her to. In an emotional, soul-baring interview with Eurosport before leaving Madrid, the 27-year-old revealed the full extent of her chronic back injury — and the cruel reality she’s learning to live with.
“It’s forever, it’s a chronic injury,” she said.
“I know I’ll retire young, and the next day I’ll go straight into surgery.”
“My normal life was a disaster, honestly — I couldn’t even move from the couch.”
Seeded ninth at the Mutua Madrid Open, Badosa was forced to withdraw from her second-round match due to the persistent lower back injury. In an interview with the WTA, she opened up about the difficulty of the situation:
“It’s been a tough injury, honestly, this one because it was totally different from the last one. It was an injury that was touching the nerves, so I was constantly having pain.”
She went on to describe the impact it had on her everyday life:
“My normal life was a disaster, honestly — I couldn’t even move from the couch.”
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