Badosa: "Physically I am far from the level I want to be at"

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Bittersweet taste as Paula Badosa bids farewell to this Roland Garros 2025. The Spanish tennis player left the Parisian Grand Slam in the third round with a two-set defeat against Daria Kasatkina, although she also put up a fight in that second set. The lack of physical level was key in conceding on the French clay court, an aspect that the Catalan clearly pointed out as the cause of her defeat in the tournament.

Minutes after leaving the court, Paula faced the media in a press conference, taking responsibility and offering explanations about what she felt, though aware of the positive balance with which she concludes a season on clay where she had to skip numerous tournaments due to those back problems.

Disappointed with her level

"I played two good matches, coming back from an injury, which is not easy. I'm disappointed with today's result, it's not the level I expected, but congratulations to Dasha, she is a good clay court player."

Did you have physical issues?

"Physically, I am far from the level I want to be at. It showed today. She's not stupid, she's going to make it a physical match, especially seeing how I ended the other day. It's also her style of play on clay. She was smart in that aspect, and I couldn't reach the balls as I wanted, I wasn't explosive, but I came in that way. Being able to play three matches is positive, and hopefully in a month, at Wimbledon, I'll go with different expectations, but I didn't have any here."

Positive balance

"Right now, the disappointment is bigger, but I suppose I'll see it differently tomorrow. I'm very competitive and a sore loser, but I try to analyze it from the outside. Over the years, I handle it a bit better. The balance is positive. In Strasbourg, in the first match, it was 3-3 and I thought I wouldn't be able to finish it, that was just a week ago. I won two good three-set matches, playing good tennis. Today things didn't go well, we all have bad days at the office. I'm human, and she played well. She's an intelligent player and didn't give me many free points, which is what I look for when I'm not physically how I want to be. The balance is positive. It's my job to keep working, competing, and get physically to the level I was at in Australia or at the end of the year, to be able to play three hours every day."

Upcoming Schedule

"I want to try to compete as much as possible, but that's what I always say. I want to compete as much as possible, but I also have to be careful with my back and everything. My schedule is supposed to be Berlin, Bad Homburg, and Wimbledon. Those are the grass tournaments."

Confident in the future

"I said it before the tournament started, and I showed it in the first match, it was a very high level. I think the level is there. It's like last year, physically, my body has to cooperate, if this happens, everything else will come. I've always shown it. I think I have the tennis, and I've always had the mindset. When the body cooperates, everything will be fine. If I can keep competing regularly, things will surely go well."

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