Paula Badosa will not be competing at this yr’s Paris Olympics after deciding to make use of her protected rating to enter Wimbledon and the US Open.
Badosa, a former world No. 2, is at the moment ranked at No. 118 on this planet however it must be famous that she missed an excellent portion of the 2023 season resulting from a again damage and that she was ranked contained in the top-35 when she performed her final match of the 2023 season at Wimbledon.
Since Badosa was out of motion for an prolonged time, she certified for the protected rating rule. And for the reason that begin of the season, Badosa has used her protected rating to enter among the greatest tournaments such because the Australian Open and French Open.
However with two Grand Slams remaining and the Paris Olympics additionally coming, Badosa might use her protected rating for less than two of these three main occasions – and she or he determined to go along with the Grand Slams.
Paula Badosa WILL NOT play the Olympic Video games as she determined to make use of her protected rating at Wimbledon and the US Open (might solely use in two of those three large occasions).
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Will the Tokyo Olympics be Badosa’s first and lone Olympic look?
In the summertime of 2021, Badosa made her Olympic debut in Tokyo, the place she made the quarterfinal earlier than retiring injured versus Marketa Vondrousova.
Now that Badosa is out of the Paris Olympics, her subsequent likelihood at making an Olympic look can solely are available in 2028. Nonetheless, that could be a really lengthy shot contemplating that 26-year-old Badosa just lately introduced that her again damage was a continual difficulty and that simply enjoying three to extra 4 years can be nice.
“In Indian Wells, the docs instructed me it could be very difficult to proceed my profession,” Badosa instructed WTA Insider at the beginning of the clay season.
“They mentioned that is the one possibility we can provide you and possibly you’ll have to maintain doing that if you wish to play for just a few extra years.
“I mentioned, ‘Just a few extra years? I am nonetheless 26.’ For me, that was very powerful.”
