Cursed, Badosa must withdraw from the Olympic Games: "It's a very difficult decision for me".
Even though she's returning to a slightly higher level of play, Paula Badosa is still struggling with her back. As a result, the Spanish player was forced to make a difficult decision. In view of the rather abrupt change of surface that the arrival of the Paris Olympics will require (from grass to ochre), the former world number 2 preferred to skip the Olympic event.
This is what she announced, with a heavy heart, on social networks: "Due to my current situation with my injury, I unfortunately won't be able to go to the Olympic Games, which I was really looking forward to. It's a very difficult decision for me.
Because of the schedule and the surface changes, my back can't take the load. I would have liked my professional situation to be different, but since this injury, I've had to steer my career in a different direction and give up things that are very important to me. I have no choice but to accept it."
All we can do now is hope that weed does as well for her as she seems to hope.
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