Paula Badosa is just hours away from making her debut at Wimbledon 2026 after leaving a great impression at the WTA Berlin 2026, where she reached the quarterfinals of the German tournament and defeated Coco Gauff along the way. Following a forgettable clay court season, the Badalona native is hopeful for a good performance at the London Grand Slam, where she will face American Emma Navarro in her opening match. Before the action begins, Badosa stopped by the microphones of Movistar + where she had to address the fierce criticism she receives for the dancing videos she posts, sometimes featuring the world number one, Aryna Sabalenka.
Paula Badosa opens up about the hatred she receives on social media
"What I do on social media is very much me, and speaking on behalf of Aryna, it's very much us. I have been like this since I was a child, and I am not going to stop being that way. Obviously, there is hate, and it is said that we are distracted and not training, but there are so many free hours in the day and so many things I do besides training. Hate has to exist because without it there would be no love either, I understand it that way, but it is unpleasant because ultimately they focus on something very small, which is that we are people who want to have a good time."
"My favorite quote":
Because tennis players Paula Badosa and Aryna Sabalenka, world number 1, got together in Dubai and had a good time together pic.twitter.com/Zs5JHGZRrQ
— Trending on 𝕏 (@EsTendenciaEnX) October 20, 2025
The strong friendship between Aryna Sabalenka and Paula Badosa is well known. Both are two of the main attractions of a WTA circuit lacking figures that go beyond the court boundaries, and both the Spanish and the Belarusian are just that. However, one of their videos from last year in which they were in bikinis sparked too much criticism on social media.
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Badosa y sus videos con Sabalenka: "Somos personas y nos lo queremos pasar bien"

