The Spanish Paula Badosaeliminated in the first round of the Madrid tournament by her compatriot Jessica Bouzas (2-6, 6-3 and 6-3), was very disappointed and He pointed out that this time he couldn’t blame his physical conditionbut at his level of play.
“Every week there is disappointment, today because of the level of tennis,” he said at a press conference. “It’s hard for me to get up. The level of tennis is there, but I have to recover quite emotionally.”
“It was a complicated match, she played very well and I, obviously, didn’t,” he said. “I’m disappointed. I come from what I come from, but I expected more. “I can’t ask for much either,” she said, affected in recent months by a chronic back injury.
“Today my tennis level has affected me. Physically it is what it is, but my tennis level has been very low“said the former world number two, very low in spirit.
“I always look at the positive side and I have no choice but to continue training and think about the next tournaments”, he added. Asked if she was “falling out of love” with tennis, Badosa said that was the key issue.
“I really like tennis, I love competing, but I don’t like seeing myself the way I am. I have always had very high expectations, I have lived what it is like to be at the top and now it is very difficult to see myself at the bottom“he indicated.
