Seeing Paula Badosa undergo hurts me

Stefanos Tsitsipas’ relationship with Paula Badosa made many insiders flip up their noses, who criticized their love story as it might have been dangerous to the skilled focus of the 2 younger tennis gamers. The winner of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters as a substitute defended his girlfriend from these allegations and instructed how troublesome it was for him to be near her after the intense harm suffered by Paula final February.

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“Paula had a severe again harm. Folks do not perceive the troublesome instances she went by way of,” he instructed Tennis Channel.

Tsitsipas defends Badosa

The Greek champion defined that his girlfriend’s situations are enhancing however not but utterly resolved: “She’s a lot better now.

I’ve at all times been there for her, watching her progress and enhancements. She had a way more severe harm than me. And going by way of these hardships and seeing her undergo a lot harm me, discovering myself in the same state of affairs months later.

Now I really feel that her health is again. I really feel like she’s upping her recreation once more. I’ve no cause to consider that she won’t solely be on the identical stage as earlier than, however even higher. The starvation is there. She hasn’t performed a lot and I’ve by no means seen Paula extra hungry and extra decided to get on the court docket and do nice issues,” he defined.

The Greek, who skilled a troublesome second between the top of 2023 and the start of 2024, is slowly returning to his stage and the victory in Monte Carlo made it clear that for the subsequent large clay-swing occasions he might be one of many tennis gamers to beat.

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