{"id":1777560,"date":"2026-02-18T07:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1777560"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:45:42","slug":"paula-badosa-hits-back-over-disrespectful-comment-after-38th-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1777560","title":{"rendered":"Paula Badosa hits back over &#8216;disrespectful&#8217; comment after 38th retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Paula Badosa hits back over \u2018disrespectful\u2019 comment after 38th retirement<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/shahidaj\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Shahida Jacobs                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"18 Feb 2026 7:45 AM\" data-ps-date=\"18 Feb 2026 7:45 AM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1771400742\"><br \/>\n                            18 Feb 2026 7:45 AM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/paula-badosa-hits-back-over-disrespectful-comment-after-38th-retirement\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" aria-label=\"Share to facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis365.com%2Fwta-tour%2Fpaula-badosa-hits-back-over-disrespectful-comment-after-38th-retirement\" class=\"!text-info 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      <\/button>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5 border-b border-page\"><\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5\">\n<figure class=\"aspect-h-9 aspect-w-16 relative\">\n                                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Paula-Badosa-reacts-during-a-match-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Paula Badosa reacts during a match\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Paula Badosa in action                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Paula Badosa\u2019s career continues to be plagued by injuries as she was forced to retire from the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships due to a leg problem, leading to one social media user accusing her of being \u201cdisrespectful to the game\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard took on seventh seed Elina Svitolina and made an excellent start as she broke early for a 4-1 lead, but she then required medical treatment on her leg and the Ukrainian won the next five games to take the set.<\/p>\n<p>Badosa, a former world No 2 who has slipped to No 70 in the WTA Rankings, then chatted to her bench and informed the chair umpire about her retirement before heading back to the change rooms.<\/p>\n<p>It was the 38th retirement\/walkover result of her career \u2013 including WTA Challenger and ITF events \u2013 and ninth since the start of the 2024 season and a social media user criticised her, writing on X: \u201cPaula Badosa is so disrespectful to the game, you just cannot retire\/withdraw from every tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>WTA News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/dubai-tennis-championships-withdrawals-retirements-field-wta-1000-decimated\">Dubai Tennis Championships withdrawals and retirements: Field at WTA 1000 event decimated<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/prize-money-elena-rybakina-aryna-sabalenka-iga-swiatek-coco-gauff-karolina-muchova-2026\">Prize money earned by Elena Rybakina, Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Karolina Muchova in 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But the 28-year-old hit back in a long reply on the social media site, saying: \u201cYou have no idea what it\u2019s like to live with a chronic injury and still choose to keep going. To wake up everyday not knowing how your body will respond, searching for solutions, and fighting for something you love and give everything even when it\u2019s so difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrust me I\u2019m the first one suffering with pain and having endless nightmares to try to find solutions every single day and for me after all stepping on a tennis court, makes worth everything every time. So I\u2019ll keep trying. Because it\u2019s all about trying and that won\u2019t change. I\u2019ll always try one more time.<\/p>\n<div>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-220987\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Paula-Badosa-on-X.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Paula Badosa on X\" width=\"350\" height=\"366\"><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption caption-220987\" style=\"margin-top:-8px\">\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\"> Paula Badosa responds to an X user<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m doing this for my passion and for myself. And if there\u2019s even a 1% chance to keep going, I\u2019ll take it. That\u2019s just how I see and understand life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t like it, you don\u2019t have to follow me. And I\u2019m so sorry to inform you I won\u2019t retire so you\u2019ll keep seeing me for a while. Change channel next time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Badosa suffered a career-threatening back injury in 2023 and slipped down the rankings before an incredible 2024 campaign saw her win the Comeback Player of the Year award on the WTA after finishing the year at No 12.<\/p>\n<p>She briefly returned to the top 10 in 2025, but her struggles with injury continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard added on X: \u201cSo for me the only disrespect here is to open this social media and read messages like this. Then we complain if we see players or people suffering and having mental health issues, but after all I\u2019m not surprised with the amount of hate and \u2018experts\u2019 we have here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut anyways I want to thank the people who always supports me no matter what. Thank you for being with me in this journey and sorry for giving you this tough times. Hopefully sun will shine soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paula Badosa hits back over \u2018disrespectful\u2019 comment after 38th retirement Shahida Jacobs 18 Feb 2026 7:45 AM Paula Badosa in action Paula Badosa\u2019s career continues to be plagued by injuries as she was forced to retire from the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships due to a leg problem, leading to one social media [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1777560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1777560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1777560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1777560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1777560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}