Former two-time French Open runner-up Alex Corretja has made a daring prediction as he believes that Paula Badosa is “destined” to win a Grand Slam title.
Initially of 2025, the Spaniard made her maiden Grand Slam semifinal on the Australian Open. Sadly for her, she could not go additional after dropping to Aryna Sabalenka in straight units.
Whereas the beginning of the yr introduced some positives, the remainder of the season was fairly tough and difficult for Badosa. As soon as once more, the 28-year-old’s continual again problem began to trigger her main issues and he or she ended up taking part in solely 10 main-level tournaments after Australia. And it was robust for the Spaniard to search out any rhythm as she was largely dropping early.
After taking part in her final event of the 2025 season in September, the previous world No. 2 took a while off to deal with her again damage. She returned to motion by collaborating within the World Tennis League – an exhibition occasion that occurred in India final week.
“Spanish girls’s tennis wants Badosa; she is its emblematic determine, the highest-level participant with a powerful character. I hope she will probably be in full bodily form and finds the suitable stability to play at her finest, each technically and mentally,” Corretja informed Eurosport.
Corretja: Badosa is a participant destined for a Grand Slam win
“I believe Paula is a participant destined for a Main title, to achieve the height of her desires, and she’s going to solely obtain this if she avoids accidents and vital fluctuations in her kind. I imagine she has at all times dreamed, mentally, of engaging in one thing unimaginable for many, and I believe she is able to it,” Corretja defined.
For Badosa to have any probability of turning into a Grand Slam champion, she might want to keep wholesome for an extended interval as that is the one approach she will discover her finest tennis going right into a Main.
