​Paula Badosa returned to the court after a half-year absence, but the former WTA No. 2 (in April 2022) was injured again and withdrew during the 1/8 final match of the “WTA 250” tournament in Hua Hin (Thailand). ).

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Paula Badosa withdrew from the Thailand Open – the Iberian has back problems

Badosa, ranked 83rd in the world, led 4-3 in the second set of her match against Diana Schneider (after the Russian won the first 6-2) but was unable to close out the match.

Paula also reported back problems in her first-round match (3-6, 6-4, 6-1 against Thailand’s Lanlana Tararudi, world No. 298) and retired after an hour and 17 minutes of play on Wednesday.

After the withdrawal of the player from Spain, the Russian Schneider (108 WTA) will play a duel in the quarters with Dalma Galfi (137 WTA).

Know:

  • Badosa has not played since July 2023, when she had to withdraw from a match with Marta Kostiuk at Wimbledon. Iberica blamed back problems and returned to the court earlier this year at the Adelaide tournament (she was beaten in three sets by Bernard Perr).
  • At the Australian Open 2024, Paula defeated Taylor Townsend (82 WTA) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (42 WTA), but was eliminated by Amanda Anisimova (214 WTA).

Thailand Open takes place from January 29 to February 4 on hard. It has a total prize pool of US$267,082, is part of the WTA 250 category and the reigning champion is Lin Zhu. In 2019, Iryna Begu and Monica Niculescu won in doubles.