By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday, April 25, 2025
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Spanish stars are vanishing from Madrid’s Magic Field.
Paula Badosa withdrew from the Mutua Madrid Open resulting from a lingering again harm.
World No. 9 Badosa introduced her withdrawal on social media earlier than her scheduled opener in opposition to Veronika Kudermetova.
“Hi there everybody. I wished to let you realize that sadly I will not have the ability to compete within the Madrid Open,” Badosa posted. “I attempted every little thing attainable till the final second as a result of you know the way excited I’m to play at residence, however it’s a sophisticated harm.
“I hope to be 100% quickly. A giant hug, Paula.”
The Spanish ladies’s No. 1 departure comes a day after two-time Madrid champion and Spanish famous person Carlos Alcaraz was pressured out resulting from harm.
The again difficulty has restricted Badosa to 22 matches this season.
The 27-year-old Badosa appeared to worsen the harm in her Miami Open win over Clara Tauson. Badosa withdrew from Miami earlier than her scheduled spherical of 16 conflict vs. 19-year-old Filipina Alexandra Eala and has not performed a match since then.
