Paula Badosa has made a revelation that fully details the extent of her back injury as the former world No. 2 shares that she has recently started taking cortisone injections to manage her ongoing injury but still there are no guarantees that she will be able to play just a few more years.
Last May, Badosa was in the midst of a promising Rome run when she sustained a back injury during a quarterfinal loss to Jelena Ostapenko. Since then, it has been long and pretty challenging and tough 11 months for Badosa, who was able to make a comeback at the start of 2024 but her back issues didn’t fully go away.
Last week, Badosa had another pretty heartbreaking and devastating moment in Stuttgart. Playing against Aryna Sabalenka, Badosa was 3-1 up in the third set at one point and threatening to stun the world No. 2 but then her back pain and discomfort came to the scene and she was forced to retire in tears two games later.
Now, the 26-year-old Spaniard has made a pretty scary revelation regarding her back injury as being forced retire in the very near future is unfortunately a real possibility. When sharing that, Badosa admitted that she would be thrilled to just be able to play at least for three or four more years.
“In Indian Wells, the doctors told me it…
