Badosa and a new setback before Wimbledon?

Diego Jiménez Rubio | 20 Jun 2026 | 17.16

Paula Badosa, absent in Bad Homburg. Photo: gettyimages

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Paula Badosa has once again excited everyone with her performance this week at the Berlin tournament, but just a few hours after losing to Noskova, she announced her withdrawal due to discomfort in her left leg for the WTA 250 Bad Homburg 2026 tournament. The Spaniard needed to go through the qualifying rounds to try to compete in the main draw, so this absence may not be so much due to a physical problem resulting from her participation in Berlin, but rather a logical and necessary precaution for Wimbledon 2026.

The priority for the Spaniard in these weeks leading up to the British Grand Slam was to gain competitive rhythm, accumulate hours on grass courts, and build confidence. She has already achieved this at the German event, so making the effort to travel to Bad Homburg to compete in the qualifying rounds just a day after falling in Berlin made no sense.

Badosa has never gone beyond the round of 16 at Wimbledon

While it is true that injuries have been recurrent in recent years for the Spaniard, this specific case does not seem to be of great concern. Paula is aware of how mentally challenging it is for her to be relegated to playing qualifiers. In fact, she opted out of them at Roland Garros to refresh her mind and be physically ready for this grass court swing. Having achieved victories in Berlin made it unnecessary to go through the hardship of a qualifying phase in Bad Homburg.

She needs to cite some kind of discomfort to justify her withdrawal, and surely she has it, but it should not be a matter of special relevance. There are expectations and excitement for what she can do at Wimbledon 2026. She has reached the quarterfinals four times at the British Grand Slam and, although she won't be seeded, she knows that if she plays at the level shown in Berlin and her body cooperates, she can achieve anything.