Paula Badosa Withdraws from US Open and Ends 2023 Season Due to Back Injury

Paula Badosa will not compete in the US Open, which begins next Monday, and neither in the remainder of 2023, so she will not be with the Spanish National Team in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in November. The 25-year-old Spanish tennis player and 46th in the world announced on her networks that she is ending a course to forget due to a back ailment that has plagued her since last March, when she had to retire in the quarterfinals of the WTA 1,000 from Miami when she was facing the American Jessica Pegula.

“Hello everyone, I wanted to update you on my situation with the injury… After struggling for many months to compete again, I end my season. Those of you who know me know how much I like to compete and how difficult it has been to make this decision. We have tried everything together with my team, but the pain is not letting me move forward. Thanks to the people who are still by my side in these hard times. See you next year, stronger than ever”, wrote Badosa, who was going to face the 43-year-old veteran Venus Williams in the first round of the US tournament, who will finally face a player who surpassed the previous one, the Belgian Greet Minnen. A few hours earlier, the Canadian Bianca Andreescu also announced her withdrawal, and the organization has reinstated another Belgian, Yanina Wickmayer, and the Australian Kimberly Birrell.

Paula has only been able to participate in 11 tournaments this year and has played 27 games (18-9), and she will have missed, with the US Open, three Grand Slams, since before she could not be at the Australian Open or Roland Garros . She did compete at Wimbledon, but she had to withdraw in the second round when she faced the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk. Her best result was obtained in Adelaide, when she was a semifinalist, although she could not play for a place in the final against the Russian Daria Kasatkina, due to a right thigh injury, which prevented her from going to Melbourne later. She will not lose many places in the ranking, because last year she fell in the second round of the New York major, where she will remain these days to support her partner, the Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas.

2023-08-26 21:04:38
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