By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, April 23, 2024 A persistent again difficulty has pained Paula Badosa and will trigger the untimely finish to her aggressive profession.
Former world No. 2 Badosa informed WTA Insider Podcast’s Courtney Nguyen she is receiving cortisone injections for the ache in her again.
Whereas the cortisone may help alleviate her again ache within the brief time period, medical doctors informed Badosa she could have simply “a number of extra years” left on tour due to her again situation.
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“In Indian Wells, the medical doctors informed me it might be very difficult to proceed my profession,” Badosa informed WTA Insider Courtney Nguyen. “They stated that is the one possibility we may give you and perhaps you’ll have to hold doing that if you wish to play for a number of extra years.
“I stated, ‘Just a few extra years? I am nonetheless 26.’ For me, that was very powerful. Thus far, the injections are working. The ache is at all times there, however there have been occasions I could not even deal with it.”
Stinging again ache has brought about Badosa to retire from three completely 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 ultimate set, when she pulled the plug.
The 2021 Indian Wells champion stated dealing with the again damage and the continual concern it may halt her profession is a scary state of affairs.
“That is like the primary time that I’m opening up, so I am nonetheless fairly scared,” Badosa stated. “They stated this may increasingly work for a number of months however we’ll must verify once more, so I am scared I will must cease once more.
“It is on a regular basis chasing this, waking up each morning and the ache it is there and typically I couldn’t deal with it, however now I can. At the least that is the optimistic factor.”
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