Badosa: "I'm not Rafa Nadal and I'm not going to be"

MADRID, 4 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa, who this Monday fell to Simona Halep (6-1, 6-2) in the round of 16 at Wimbledon, the third 'Grand Slam' of the season, has recalled that "it is not" Rafa Nadal or it is "going to be", and that is why she would like it to be demanded "a little less" from her and the rest of the Spanish athletes.

"I am very sorry for the demands of the people behind you. You are in the second week and now the question is why you don't win, and when you lose in the first week why don't you make it to the second. I am not Rafa Nadal nor am I going to to be," he declared at the post-match press conference on center court at the All England Club.

In this sense, she stressed that people demand too much from her and, in general, from Spanish athletes. "We have gotten a bit spoiled in Spain. We have had great players and hopefully one day I can do something similar to him, but I would like it to be a little less demanding," she said.

Regarding the duel against Halep, who already beat her at the Mutua Madrid Open, she acknowledged that she made "many mistakes". "Nobody likes to be in the second round of Wimbledon in the center and last only an hour without being able to deploy my game, I'm in 'shock' just like you. I've tried to be more aggressive than in Madrid and I've failed more. The last What I want is to play against her again," he confessed.