Paula Badosa Defends Her Relationship With Stefanos Tsitsipas

Paula Badosa defended her relationship with Stefanos Tsitsipas in an interview.

Paula Badosa discussed her relationship with Stefanos Tsitsipas. / Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

In addition to being two of the best tennis players on tour, Paula Badosa also Stefanos Tsitsipas also have one the most talked-about relationships in sports.

In a wide-ranging profile for La Vanguardia, Badosa discussed her relationship with Tsitsipas.

When asked about the balance between love and elite competition, Badosa said, "Criticism is never easy to manage, although sometimes it even makes us laugh because people don't realize that we are two people who share the same passion. Sometimes, in addition to separately, we also train together, so in short we train as much or more than anyone else."

Badosa continued, "I could understand this criticism of distraction more if it were with a person from another world, but being two athletes with a very clear objective, what I think is that people don't even know what they judge."

Paula Badosa on people criticizing her & Stefanos Tsitsipas’ relationship after their losses, ‘I can understand criticism of my professional side, of my tennis, of losing or winning, but linking that to something personal seems disrespectful to me’

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She added, "Personally, what bothers me the most is when people talk about other people's realities. I can understand criticism of my professional side, of my tennis, of losing or winning, but linking that to something personal seems disrespectful to me."

When asked which element weights more, empathy or ambition, Badosa said, "The two realities are present: we empathize a lot with each other, but we are also two tremendously competitive people, although in the field of couples, what prevails is a healthy relationship where we have mutual respect and understand each other a lot."

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