Paula Badosa confirmed main respect and appreciation for Garbine Muguruza and highlighted that the two-time Grand Slam champion has “earned the appropriate” to do no matter she desires along with her profession. Muguruza, a former world No 1, went 12-17 in 2022 and he or she additionally began the 2023 season with a 0-4 file.
In early February, 30-year-old Muguruza took an abrupt break from tennis and he or she hasn’t performed since. Muguruza hasn’t retired from professional tennis however not too long ago hinted that she could not return to professional tennis. Throughout the Billie Jean King Cup Finals weekend in Seville, 25-year-old Spanish star Badosa addressed Muguruza’s absence and future.
Badosa: Muguruza has earned the appropriate to do no matter she desires
“Garbine Muguruza’s (absence) makes me very unhappy as a result of for me she has been a reference. I liked how she performed (within the Billie Jean King Cup) and I wished to be like her.
I would love her to be right here now, with us (on the Billie Jean King Cup), as a result of I feel we might do something with a crew like that, however issues are what they’re. I see she’s very completely satisfied and having fun with herself, one thing that did not occur when she performed.
Ultimately, she is a participant who has achieved completely all the pieces, the most effective Spanish participant together with Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Conchita Martinez, so she has earned the appropriate to do no matter she desires,” Badosa advised El Pais.
Final month, former world No 1 Muguruza shared some particulars about her life since taking a break from tennis. Within the interview, the two-time Grand Slam champion seemingly hinted that not returning to tennis is an actual risk.
“Tennis has no place in my routine. I nonetheless take note of my friends, every now and then I can play however not intensely, extra for enjoyable,” Muguruza not too long ago advised Girls’s Well being Journal.