Paula Badosa will not be able to play mixed doubles with Stefanos Tsitsipas at Wimbledon after being forced to retire with an injury during her second-round match in singles against Marta Kostyuk on Friday.
Spain’s Badosa was scheduled to play with boyfriend Greek Tsitsipas in the mixed doubles event. However, the 25-year-old’s campaign in singles ended when she, trailing 2-6, 0-1, had to pull out of her match against Ukraine’s Kostyuk due to a back problem. Badosa had missed the French Open due to a spinal stress fracture.
In the post-match press conference, when asked if she would be able to play in mixed doubles, Badosa said, “No, no, I won’t be able. The injury is the same as I have been struggling the past weeks. It’s the stress fracture.
“I tried my best to try to play here, but yesterday when I woke up I already, after my first-round match, felt it again. It’s a little bit worse. So I will need a few days off and talk to my team and see what I do in the next days and the next weeks.”
Fifth-seeded Greek Tsitsipas will resume his second-round match against two-time champion Andy Murray later on Friday.
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