Tsitsipas and Badosa, together at Wimbledon. EFE
They are a couple off the court and now they will also be on it. the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the Spanish Paula Badosa will compete together in the mixed doubles Wimbledon.
Both players excel in singles, but do not have much experience in doubles. Tsitsipas is 171st in the world and won an ATP title (Acapulco 2022 with Feliciano López) while Badosa is 337th and could not lift trophies in this discipline.
Inspired by their recent romantic relationship, they will try to transfer their good chemistry to the hallowed turf of the All England. In the debut, they will have to battle against the first seeds: the Americans Austin Krajicek and Jessica Pegula.
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The Greek, a product of the constant rains in London, just completed his first round match in singles on Wednesday. In a true battle of almost four hours, he defeated the Austrian Dominic Thiem (91 °) by 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-7 (5) and 7-6 (8).
At the end of it, he expressed his desire to play with his girlfriend: “Honestly, it’s a pleasure to do this. I never would have done it if it wasn’t for being a couple. So Paulita, let’s do it.”
The Spanish also took a long time to play her first game, but she resolved it with solvency. surpassed the American Alison Riske-Amritraj (141st) by double 6-3 in just over an hour.
Tsitsipas will continue his path in the men’s branch against Andy Murray (40°) while Badosa will face the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (36th) in the women’s draw.
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2023-07-05 23:58:46
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