Bad news for Argentine tennis. Nadia Podoroskacurrent No. 109 in the WTA ranking, announced this Wednesday that he will pause his career for a few months. This was reported by the player herself after falling in the first round of the WTA 250 in Mérida, against Rebecca Peterson.
“My idea is not to play either Indian Wells or Miami and train hard physically for almost a whole month“Detailed Rosario, who is currently the best positioned Argentine in the world ranking. In addition, he stated that he must “have a little more consistency and concentration on a mental level“on his return.
These two Masters 1000 tournaments, which are held in the United States, are played consecutively during the month of March. Indian Wells will be played from April 6 to 19, while Miami will start on April 20 and run until April 2. after that, Podoroska could return for the brick dust tour and prepare for Roland Garrostournament of which he was a semifinalist in 2020.
This stoppage aims to solve the physical problems of Argentina, more precisely the discomfort in the hip that she had been feeling for months. That prevented him from playing regularly, although in recent times he had had good results, including the title in the 125K in Cali, which was his first trophy in the category.
However, after the 6-3, 7-5 loss to Rebecca Peterson, the 26-year-old decided it was time to slow down. “Today was a bit of a difficult match for me. I could not play well as I had been playing at any time. Rebecca started very well, powerful. I was not comfortable. It was something physical and mental that cost me today“, Podoroska sentence.