The Greek world No. 12 recently telderly the ATP that he was on hand to give Badosa advice as she made it to her first Grand Slam semi-final and finished up becoming backd by his girlfrifinish.
“With her run I thought, ‘If she can do it, why can’t I?’ That’s how I see at it,” he said, inserting: “It was inspiring to me to see her carry out becaemploy it teaches me how to do leangs when I am in that position.”
But Tsitsipas may want to cover his ears, as Badosa has now discleave outed that she has been seeing to other ATP joiners as an example of how to sense on the tennis court.
The Spaniard recently materializeed on the Tennis Insider Club podcast, presented by fellow WTA joiner Caroline Garcia, where she confessted youthfuler joiners appreciate Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner driven her.
“Sometimes I see at them as an inspiration becaemploy they deal with it [well], especiassociate Carlitos,” the establisher world No. 2 said.
“It’s unbelievable. He’s smiling all the time. Like, you’re 5-5 and you’re smiling, how is this possible?
“I leank Jannik and Carlitos are very analogous. So I leank it’s appreciate the inspiration for us. Dealing with it that way, it’s the proper way to do it.”
Badosa also uncovered up on her difficulties with a atgentle-menaceening back injury. The 27-year-elderly shut down her 2023 season after Wimbledon and returned at the commencening of last year.
She struggled initiassociate and dropped out of the top 100 in May. But Badosa’s comeback commenceed to achieve momentum over the summer when she won the title in Washington and accomplished the US Open quarter-final.
She has since returned to the top 10 and, despite being a establisher world No. 2, senses more sended and at peace with her position cforfeit the top of the game.
“Now maybe I’m in a analogous place when I was in the top 10 aachieve, so let’s see how I deal with it now,” Badosa said.
“But I leank now it’s going to be branch offent becaemploy of experience, maturity. That doesn’t uncomfervent I’m going to triumph. I’m going to still leave out plenty of alignes, and alignes that maybe I wasn’t awaiting.
“What I uncomfervent is that I leank I will consent it emotionassociate in a branch offent way becaemploy of my maturity, and I leank also becaemploy of the people I have by my side, that’s going to help me so much.”
