Badosa, between uncertainty and hope

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When Paula Badosa was smiling again on a tennis court, when she had traded tears of concern for tears of happiness, when she was once again among the best tennis players in the world, her back hit the brakes again. The Spanish tennis player, currently ranked ninth in the world, has been forced to stop due to her ailing back, the same back that has given her so many headaches ever since she fractured a vertebra due to stress at the Masters 1000 in Rome in 2023.

Before this new setback, the Catalan returned to the top 10 after a dream Australian Open, where her friend Aryna Sabalenka defeated her in the semifinals. But the sensations were more than convincing, considering it was her first Grand Slam semifinal and coming from where she had been, dropping out of the top 100 in May last year. If 2024 was a year of downfall and resurgence for her, 2025 had to be the year of her confirmation: "I want to take a step forward in Grand Slam tournaments, return to the top 10, settle in there, and also compete in the WTA Finals at the end of the year," she confessed at the beginning of the season.

The nightmare returns

However, after an irregular tour through the Middle East, her back nightmare reappeared in early March, specifically at the WTA 500 in Mérida. What started as a simple precautionary absence ended with her withdrawal from Indian Wells and her retirement in the round of 16 of the Miami Open.

"As you know, I had to withdraw from Miami and the following tournaments. It's very tough to deal with all the discomforts, to stop and have to return to the highest level each time. Now it's time to go through the recovery process again. Hope to see you soon," read the statement she released through her social networks.

The confirmation of her relapse was a cold shower for her followers, who not only see the Spanish player's ascent halted but also make the tennis player relive that ordeal of 2023, where she toyed with retirement: "It was very tough. Some days I like to stay alone with my thoughts and I go back to those moments. Just remembering it is tough; it was very painful. I was very close to retiring," she recalled at the beginning of the year.

No return date

The message does not bode well as Badosa does not specify the duration of her absence. Whether out of caution or lack of knowledge, the Spanish player prefers to take it day by day, step by step, as she did a year ago to climb back over a hundred positions.

And under these circumstances, she enters the clay court season, defending the round of 32 at Rome and the third round of Roland Garros. It will be her back that will dictate her condition, but if there is one definite thing, it is that Badosa will try once more. Because in her dictionary, there is no such word as 'surrender,' and because she has had to start from scratch so many times that she already knows the way perfectly. "Girl, you were born with a great gift. The gift of not giving up on anything, of doing great things in life. You are blessed; the sky is yours; and the universe too," read the Spanish player's latest post, quoting psychologist and writer Kristian da Rivas.

The uncertainty about Badosa's tennis future reopens, but the Spanish player's hope of turning the situation around will make her return to a place she should have never left, even if her back hinders her shine.

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