Paula Badosa has endured a frustrating 2025 season so far.
She made a promising start by reaching the first Grand Slam semi-final of her career at January’s Australian Open, beating Coco Gauff along the way.
But since March, the Spaniard has been blighted by injuries, one of which occurred at the ongoing Berlin Open.
This is another major blow for Badosa with the Wimbledon Championships less than two weeks away.
Paula Badosa posts worrying social media message after withdrawing from the Berlin Open
Paula Badosa began her grass court season campaign by defeating home favourite Eva Lys in Berlin.
She then secured one of her biggest wins of the season by defeating world number nine Emma Navarro 6-3, 7-5.
Badosa advanced to the quarter-finals where she faced Wang Xinyu, who knocked out Gauff in the previous round.
But the former world number two took a medical timeout at the end of the first set which she lost 1-6, and played just three more points before deciding she could no longer continue.
Following the match, Badosa took to social media platform X and wrote: “I’m tired of this”, indicating her frustration with yet another injury retirement this season.
What is Paula Badosa’s injury history?
Badosa’s long injury history consists of a series of back injuries dating back to 2023. She suffered a stress fracture, which continues to plague the 2021 Indian Wells Masters champion.
It has forced her to miss three of the last five Grand Slams and this season she has retired from four tournaments midway through.
Furthermore, Badosa made withdrawals from Indian Wells, Madrid and Rome just before the tournaments were due to commence.
Badosa revealed in March that she would start receiving cortisone shots to help her back pain and admitted she may only be able to continue playing tennis for a few more years.
“In Indian Wells, the doctors told me it would be very complicated to continue my career,” Badosa told WTA Insider in April 2024.
“They said this is the only option we can give you and maybe you will have to keep doing that if you want to play for a few more years. I said, ‘A few more years? I’m still 26.’ For me, that was very tough.
“So far, the injections are working. The pain is always there, but there were times I couldn’t even handle it, but now I can. At least that’s the positive thing.
“Clay court will be the best for me, grass I think it will be OK also because it’s less impact, but hard courts I will suffer more.”
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