The Spanish tennis player was eliminated from the Mutua Madrid Open by Maria Sakkari
“I rate myself with a good; it could be better and it could be worse,” he added in his farewell
Paula Badosaeliminated this Monday from the WTA 1,000 in Madrid after falling to the Greek Maria Sakkarilooked for the positive side of the experience lived in the Caja Mágica this season, and valued the good games played and the positive sensations because it tries to be “as little self-destructive as possible”.
The former number two in the world explained that she wants to “get back to where I was because I think I belong there” and stressed that she is “on the right track” despite not reaching the quarterfinals.
“I want to go back to where I was. Being among the best because I feel that I belong to that level. I have to recover many things because it has been a difficult year. Try to be as less self-destructive as possible,” Badosa said.
“She has played solid, she has played very well, she has served very well and I have not felt with the best sensations and with a ‘top ten’ if you are not with high minimums it is difficult”, Paula Badosa valued from the start. “It was a little windy, there are balls that go in one day and others not. She subconsciously wanted to push more and I don’t usually miss that much.”
The Spaniard, despite the defeat, leaves Madrid with positive feelings towards the tournament in Rome and Roland Garros, her next challenges. “I’m going well. I’m in a process. I’ve been doing a month since the gravel tour started, I enjoy on the track and that’s valuable. I’m leaving with good games, with good feelings, a good game against Coco Gauff, last week the same, annoyed with today’s game and I just have to watch Rome and Paris”.
“I do have positive feelings, although before starting the tournament I felt good. I’m on the right track but it’s not easy to reach a WTA 1000 and suddenly win. I’m leaving safely with a pass, motivated and with a lot of desire”, stressed.
“I rate myself with a good; it could be better and it could be worse. Management this week has been good. Now I don’t see things as positive that in half an hour, I am competitive and ambitious and I want to see it in perspective, where I come from. Now, where I come from, from below, it is positive and adds to me. Now everything that is playing and competing adds a lot, “she insisted.
“On a mental level I’m fine, competing and fighting, tennis-wise I’m making changes and that’s why sometimes I get a little more out of control. I’ll go along that line for now,” said the Spaniard who feels disappointed by the defeat against sakkari.
“I’m annoyed but I’m learning to manage it. I was falling apart quickly and I stopped believing in myself. I’ve been suffering from this for a year and little by little I try to see things from a distance. I try not to change my thoughts too much because every week you lose and if you are left alone with that in the end it would be a life without,” he said.
“I always believe that we have to improve. I am working mentally more than anything for myself, not so much for tennis, but for being happy,” concluded the Spanish tennis player.