Again Concern Could Restrict Profession to A Few Extra Years

By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, April 23, 2024
 
A persistent again problem has pained Paula Badosa and will trigger the untimely finish to her aggressive profession.

Former world No. 2 Badosa instructed WTA Insider Podcast’s Courtney Nguyen she is receiving cortisone injections for the ache in her again.

While the cortisone might help alleviate her again ache within the brief time period, docs instructed Badosa she might have simply “a few more years” left on tour due to her again situation.

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“In Indian Wells, the doctors told me it would be very complicated to continue my career,” Badosa instructed WTA Insider Courtney Nguyen. “They said this is the only option we can give you and maybe you will have to keep doing that if you want to play for a few more years.

“I stated, ‘A couple of extra years? I’m nonetheless 26.’ For me, that was very powerful. So far, the injections are working. The ache is all the time there, however there have been occasions I could not even deal with it.”

Stinging again ache has brought about Badosa to retire from three totally different tournaments this season, in Dubai, Thailand and final week in Stuttgart the place she was deadlocked with world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, 3-3 within the closing set, when she pulled the plug.

The 2021 Indian Wells champion stated dealing with the again harm and the continual concern it might halt her profession is a scary state of affairs.

“This is like the first time that I am opening up, so I’m still pretty scared,” Badosa stated. “They said this may work for a few months but we’ll have to check again, so I’m scared I’ll have to stop again.

“It’s on a regular basis chasing this, waking up each morning and the ache it is there and generally I couldn’t deal with it, however now I can. At least that is the optimistic factor.”

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