A multitude of things can change in a year, and if you don’t ask Paula Badosawho has gone from being debated at the beginning of 2024 between continuing his career in the world of tennis due to a chronic back injury, to dream of the final of a Grand Slam and once again elevate Spanish women’s tennis to the top.
The 27-year-old Catalan born in New York faces her great friend in the world of racket, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenkanumber one in the world and current winner of the tournament held in Melbourne, this Thursday, January 23 at 9:30 in the morning (Spanish time).
His parents, both Catalans, were settled in the Big Apple developing their professional careers, since both were dedicated to the world of fashionand it was not until 2004, when the tennis player was already 7 years old, that the family settled in Barcelona.
A beautiful friendship that unites Sabalenka and that began three years ago. However, they will have their rivalry on the field after 7 direct confrontations between themand a favorable balance for the Belarusian of 5-2, after the Spanish’s first two victories in the first rounds of Cincinnati and WTA Finals in 2021.
The Spanish, in a resurgence won with a lot of work, is once again in the fight for big things and Australia is first on the list to prove it. To do this, you must pass the most difficult test of all. Both emotional and sporting, facing her great friend and absolute dominator in Australia. Paula Badosa seeks to be the first Spaniard to win a Grand Slam who resisted her three great teachers: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Conchita Martínez and Garbiñe Muguruza.
From love for David Broncano to love with Stefanos Tsitsipas
She will do it, as she has been doing throughout the tournament, supported at all times by her boyfriend, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipaseliminated in the first round of the tournament. A few months ago they both announced their breakup, but months later they returned to a relationship that is a trend in the world of tennis. “Stefanos helps me with his advice before and after the games,” said the player days ago, who delved into what inspired her: “I admire him and I love him,” she said when talking about her partner, number 11 in the world.
«I don’t like to say this, but I am a warrior. I’ve been through a lot in my life, not just injuries, but it’s an amazing feeling every time I step onto a track and get the support from the people. Now I’m starting to enjoy tennis and everyday life, what a career is,” Badosa said recently.
«I have never stopped believing. I have gone through very hard times in my life: I had depression and anxiety when I was very young,” a tennis player whose love life has been very popular in recent times openly revealed. The Catalan boasted of her courtship, for a year and a half, with the model Juan Betancourtas he did at the time with the now television star David Broncanopresenter of La revuelta when he was presenting The Resistance in Movistar.
Sabalenka’s resilience in the face of tragedy, unstoppable towards her third Australian Open
The Belarusian Sabalenka, number one in the world since last October, is going launched for her third consecutive title in Melbournesomething that no one has achieved since Martina Hingis between 1997 and 1999. They are already 17 consecutive victories with the 2023 and 2024 titles in their showcases, also adding a formidable background of sets in their favor.
If the media player from Minsk, media athlete – 2.5 million followers on Instagram – has shown anything in recent times, it is resilience and a spirit of improvement. She focused on tennis to overcome the pain of losing her father at just 43 years old in 2019, who could not see her reach the top of the racket or be a two-time Grand Slam champion.
Very close to her mother Yulia and her younger sister, Antonia, Sabalenka faced another terrible loss in the last year, that of her partner of three years. Konstantin Koltsov, also an ice hockey player like his father, died at the age of 42. The athlete accompanied his 26-year-old girlfriend to a tennis tournament in Miami. A trip in which he took his life.
Paula Basa gave up the Olympic Games and thoroughly prepared for the American tour, with recently winning the Washington tournament and the quarterfinals of the US Open as great achievements. She finished 2024 close to being among the top ten in the world, something she has already achieved thanks to her splendid Australian Open and to good work Pol Toledoa young coach who hung up his racket at the age of 28 and who, overnight, found himself directing the career of the best Spanish tennis player of her generation.
They both have known each other since they were children. Was Marcelo Wieliwisthe first coach in Paula Badosa’s career, who asked Pol to play against her and they became friends, as the coach explained in a recent interview. Therefore, when the tennis player was in a bad moment in her career, she turned to a familiar face, without caring about her career in the elite. “He always believed in me a lot,” said the Catalan about her first coach, who died in 2019, a victim of cancer at the age of 58.
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