Paula Badosa wasn’t impressed at all with a Spanish publication calling her out over potentially soon exiting the top-100 as the Spanish tennis star thought it was “sad” and bluntly highlighted that she hasn’t gotten a lot of action over the last 10 months due to injury issues.
On Tuesday, Badosa kicked off her clay season at a WTA 500 event in Charleston, where she was a semifinalist in 2021. Unfortunately for Badosa, it was a very short Charleston campaign for her this year after Danielle Collins – who won the Miami Open last week – handed her a 6-1 6-4 loss in the Charleston first round.
By losing to Collins, Badosa fell to a 5-7 record in 2024 and she is set for a slight drop in the rankings as she will likely slide down from No. 82 to around the 90th spot when the WTA rankings list gets updated on Monday.
However, it should be noted that Badosa was ranked at No. 29 last May before a back injury limited to just one tournament in the second half of 2023. Badosa may have appeared in seven tournaments this year but she is still dealing with back issues.
After sharing their Badosa article on X, Spanish publication Deportes Cuatro wrote: “Paula Badosa does not raise her head: she falls decisively in…
