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Who defends Spanish tennis now that Rafael Nadal is out because of harm? Who, in addition to Carlos Alcaraz, is profitable titles and acquiring data, for his nation?
Paula Badosa gave a moderately attention-grabbing and powerful interview within the final press convention on the Australian Open, provided that she was eradicated within the third spherical towards the American Amanda Anisimova. The 26-year-old mirrored on the second and the difficulties that, in her opinion, Spanish tennis is experiencing.
“I have been considering and saying this for a very long time, there is a lack of gamers. It is one thing that makes me a little bit unhappy as a result of I imagine that our motion has all the time had many athletes. I used to be impressed by many gamers like Rafa, David Ferrer, Verdasco.
Now now we have an distinctive participant like Carlos Alcaraz, Davidovich Fokina who has plenty of potential and is a superb tennis participant able to something, however then on the ladies’s facet we’re struggling a little bit extra. I want to know the answer to see if I will help extra athletes get out of it. I feel there’s nonetheless a scarcity of excellent groundwork from the Federation or one thing like that,” she instructed.
On the subject she then added: “What Carlos and Nadal do conceal all the things a bit, however the Massive 3 additionally hid all the things. It has all the time been mentioned that males’s sport is extra constant, however now we see how tennis gamers from the highest 10 fall within the first or second spherical. Fortunately, having Alcaraz covers all the things now we have behind us as there aren’t many Spanish gamers in the intervening time.”
Badosa on her Australian Open
Badosa then analyzed her Slam in Melbourne
“It is very optimistic, particularly contemplating the situation of my harm. I really feel fairly good, though clearly bodily I nonetheless have to succeed in my greatest degree. She performed very properly, she was very targeted within the moments when she wanted to be. In my case I’ve two good victories, I performed good tennis and in a number of weeks I might be again in situation,” she defined.
