Paula Badosa has addressed the controversy surrounding her and Karolina Muchova’s withdrawal from the China Open doubles event after defeating Irina Khromacheva and Anna Danilina in the first round. Khromacheva publicly criticized Badosa, accusing her of taking the place of doubles specialists and then withdrawing without respect for other teams.

Badosa responded by highlighting that people often judge without understanding the full situation. The official reason for the withdrawal was Muchova’s wrist injury, a concern she has dealt with all year.

“People judge without fully understanding anything,” Badosa stated in response to the backlash, defending her actions. Both players continue to compete in the singles draw, with Badosa set to face Zhang Shuai in the quarter-finals.

Badosa in Beijing, ranking, and results in 2024

Currently the world no.

19, Badosa owns a composed 34-16 match record in 2024. Badosa is competing in Beijing where she defeated Unknown Player bye, the world no.51 Viktoriya Tomova 6-3 6-2, the world no.61 Rebecca Sramkova 7-5 7-5, the world no.3 Jessica Pegula 6-4 6-0 and the world no.595 Shuai Zhang 6-1 7-6(4).

Paula Badosa will play the world no.6 Coco Gauff in the semifinal. Their actual head to head record is 3-2 for Badosa.

Paula conquered 1 title in 2024 in Washington.

The Spaniard won 4 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts and 1 on clay courts. (See the list of her titles)

Badosa has scheduled to compete next in Wuhan (Wuhan Open). She will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 7th of October.

Paula Badosa

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