On Friday, January 17, Spanish player Paula Badosa became irritated with her boyfriend, Stefanos Tsitsipas. Badosa was under tremendous pressure when she faced Marta Kostyuk in the third round of the Australian Open.
Despite winning the first set of the match 6-4, Badosa was put in trouble by windy conditions and some excellent play from Kostyuk.
In the second set of the match, Badosa gave up a 0–4 lead after losing control in the windy conditions. When the wind prevented her from playing her natural game and the balls were striking the racquet frame, a frustrated Badosa attempted to explain this to her team.
Sitting in the audience, Badosa’s boyfriend Tsitsipas urged her to calm down as she attempted to explain her problems to the team. Badosa lost her temper with the Greek player and gestured for him to come play if he thought he could handle the conditions. The commentators were in stitches when they saw the amusing exchange captured on camera. Tsitsipas made a rookie error there, the panel joked.
Fans laughed at Badosa’s weird moment with Tsitsipas. One fan wrote: “Love language has a new meaning.”
Another commented: “Relationship goals right there.”
One weighed in: “I’ve been there, playing on a windy day sucks!”
Another wrote: “Paula asking the wrong guy to play for her.”
Badosa at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2025
Now ranked no.
12, Paula has achieved a compiled 4-2 record in 2025. The Spaniard is now playing at the Australian Open where she managed to beat the world no.37 Xinyu Wang 6-3 7-6(5), the world no.150 Talia Gibson 6-1 6-0 and the world no.18 Marta Kostyuk 6-4 4-6 6-3.Paula won 4 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts and 1 on clay courts. (See the list of her titles)
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2025
Now the world no.12, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 13th of January when he surrendered to world no.42 Alex Michelsen 7-5 6-3 2-6 6-4 in the 1st round of the Australian Open (draw).
Currently, during this season Tsitsipas has managed to achieve a compiled 1-2 match record.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will compete against John Isner in the Round Robin on Sunday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Their current head to head is 6-2 for Tsitsipas.
Tsitsipas won 12 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts, 5 on clay courts, 5 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)