Badosa concerned about ‘shortage of Spanish tennis players’

It wasn’t the best day at the office for the Spanish girl. Paula Badosa (100th place in the world) in Australian Opencompetition in which she lost in the third round to the American Amanda Anisimova (442°) and said goodbye to the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.

After this defeat, the three-time WTA champion took the time to walk through the press center, where she left a very interesting testimony, in addition to an analysis of her performance at the competition: referring in particular to the present and future of Spanish tennis, a situation that he does not view positively..

“I think there aren’t enough players at the back. This makes me very sad because I think Spanish tennis has always had a lot of players. I was inspired by many players such as Rafa (Nadal), David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco or Garbiñe (Muguruza). Now we have an outstanding guy who Carlos AlcarazTo Davidovichwhich has great potential, but It’s difficult on the female side

a little more,” said the former world number two.

“I would like to know the solution to see if I can help more players get on the field. I think the Federation is still missing good work at the grassroots level. or something like that Alcaraz And Nadal it covers everything up a little bit,” added the one who was born in New York 26 years ago.

As for the balance of his participation in Australian Open, was very pleased and confident that little by little he was returning to his competitive pace. “It’s very positive, especially considering my injury. I feel pretty good, although physically I have yet to reach my best level. That’s exactly what I said on the first day that I wanted to play games. won two good victories. “I play tennis well and physically in a few weeks I will be where I want to be,” concluded the Iberian.

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