Leylah Annie Fernandez found another gear on Tuesday to score her first win over former World No. 2 Paula Badosa at the WTA 1000 event in Doha, taking down the Spaniard in a three-set comeback. Just when it seemed Fernandez was heading for a fourth consecutive loss to Badosa after a nightmare first set, the…
Leylah Fernandez didn’t start her match against Paula Badosa at the 2024 Qatar Open well, but she finished well, winning it in three sets. This was a very good fight because while many assumed that Fernandez would likely win it because of the Spaniard’s lack of match practice, it went really differently at the start….
Leylah Fernandez is still searching for her best tennis, but she made a good step towards that with a really solid win over Liudmila Samsonova at the 2024 Qatar Open. The Russian has been in pretty good shape, recently making the Abu Dhabi semi-final last week. She was beaten by eventual champion Elena Rybakina in…
Paula Badosa was just a few games away from winning her opening-round match at the 2024 Qatar Open against Ashlyn Krueger, but rain interfered. The Spanish player has been up and down during this most recent comeback. She had some good showings, like the one in Melbourne, but also some bad ones, like the one…
By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Friday, February 2, 2024 There’s a silver lining in the injury cloud over Paula Badosa. Former world No. 2 Badosa said the injury she suffered that forced her to retire from her Huan Hin second-rounder vs. Diana Shnaider is not related to the back injury that sidelined her for much…
A month into her come-back, Paula Badosa was forced to retire due to a back injury, sending Diana Shnaider into the quarter-final at the Thailand Open on Wednesday, while seeds Wang Xinyu (3) and Yulai Putintseva (7) advanced with wins over Nao Hibino and Viktorija Golubic respectively. “Unfortunately, Paula Badosa had to retire due to…
Paula Badosa is back to playing tennis regularly, but she was stopped by a setback in her most recent match at the 2024 Thailand Open. Badosa missed much of last year due to injuries but returned at a pretty decent level earlier this year. She played in Adelaide but lost her only match there before…
The WTA 250 Thailand Open saw its top seed, Magda Linette, fall in her opener against Diana Shnaider, while Paula Badosa had to go the distance to see off a challenge by another 19-year-old, local wild-card Lanlana Tararudee. Her level surprised me. I think she has a great future. Credits to her, she played well….
Paula Badosa is competing at the 2024 Thailand Open in Hua Hin, and she’s looking at a pretty tricky matchup against Diana Shnaider in the second round. The Spanish player needs matches and, towards that end, signed up to play at the WTA 250 event in Hua Hin. She had a pretty decent experience in…
Paula Badosa has never experienced a voluntary mental health break, but she deems it quite normal as someone who has dealt with mental health issues before. Badosa has been one of the many athletes who have spoken up recently about mental health. She’s been quite forthcoming about her own struggles with mental health earlier in…
