A year and a half after their first meeting, Paula Badosa and Stefanos Tsitsipas They have posed together in a photo shoot for Hello! and they have granted their first interview, in which both They have talked about their relationship, as well as their differences and similarities.
The couple met in May 2023 at the Roland Garros in Pariswhen the athlete had to retire due to a fracture in a vertebra that would later lead to a chronic back injury. In those bad times for the Spanish woman, love arose with the Greek, although they had crossed paths before.
“The first time I noticed Paula was when I saw her at the 2020 Australian Open, playing on Center Court. It was a crush and I was completely hypnotized.“Tsitsipas recalled in his exclusive in the aforementioned magazine.
“I met Stef right after I got injured. It was one of the hardest seasons for mebecause I had never gone so many months without playing, and he brought me happinessthe support and the fresh air that he needed so much,” defended Badosa, who said that their “way of being is very similar” and they empathize with each other because they both dedicate themselves to tennis.
“He was an unconditional support for me in all those months I spent lying on a couch. “He is a very sensitive person and, at times, he empathized so much that he ended up suffering too much,” said the athlete.
Paula Badosa reiterated that they complement each other very well, although they are also different, since he is more introverted and she is more extroverted. For his part, Stéfanos Tsitsipas explained that ““Fighting women are the most attractive” for him and the ones he admires the most. “She reminds me a little of my mother in some ways. I don’t know if that’s good or bad,” she laughed.
“I feel extremely connected to her and I feel like she is my person,” the tennis player added. “Every day I wake up I feel very lucky for her to be part of my life.
The truth is that the couple has experienced ups and downs, because in May 2024, The Spaniard confirmed their breakup on social media “in a friendly manner”. But it seems that, later, they resumed their courtship again, since They were very affectionate weeks later and even in summer They played as a couple in mixed doubles at the US Open.
However, now they seem to be happier than ever, and this was demonstrated in their interview in Hello!. Even so, they are clear that they are going little by little, as Badosa said: “We both have very clear priorities.which obviously involves taking care of each other and sharing a home as soon as possible, but above all there is tennis for both of us.”