Dejected Paula Badosa echoes Daniil Medvedev after Dubai exit, suggests she is working hard but to no avail

Former World No. 2 Paula Badosa is having a tough time earning wins so far in the 2023 season, and she recently expressed her feelings about that by quoting former World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev.

Badosa’s latest loss came at the Dubai Tennis Championships, where she succumbed to Liudmila Samsonova in the first round. After the match, the Spaniard suggested that she was failing to score wins despite putting in the hard work.

Badosa shared a recent clip of Daniil Medvedev, where the Russian could be seen expressing his relief after his ABN AMRO Rotterdam Open win and mentioning how players can get engulfed in self-doubt when things are not going in their favor.

"I mean to be honest, I practice hard all the time, so when it doesn't work, you're like, f**k, what am I doing wrong?" Daniil Medvedev said in the video clip.

"How I feel right now," Paula Badosa wrote.

Badosa on Instagram

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Both Paula Badosa and Daniil Medvedev have had up-and-down seasons so far

Daniil Medvedev earned his first title of 2023 in Rotterdam

Paula Badosa kicked off her season at the 2023 United Cup, and was successful in the only match she was able to play in the tournament.

Her next tournament was the Adelaide International 2, where the Spaniard looked like a serious contender to win the title until a thigh injury suffered during her quarterfinal clash derailed her momentum. Although Badosa went on to win the quarterfinal match against Beatriz Haddad Maia, she had to withdraw from the tournament right after and was unable to contest the semifinals.

The 25-year-old faced further heartbreak as her injury failed to improve in time for the Australian Open, from which she had to pull out. This was followed by a withdrawal from the Abu Dhabi Open too.

Badosa then contested the Qatar Open, but faced a dispiriting opening-round defeat to Haddad Maia.

The Spaniard crashed out of the Dubai Tennis Championships in the opening round

Her latest loss came against Liudmila Samsonova, going down 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships. The match of close margins saw Badosa exit the tournament despite earning two points more than her opponent.

Similar to Paula Badosa, Daniil Medvedev went through a rough patch in 2022 after facing a painful loss to Rafael Nadal in the final of the Australian Open. Despite climbing to World No. 1 and lifting two titles, the Russian suffered many unexpected defeats and was unable to defend his 2021 US Open title.

Medvedev crashed out of the world’s top 10 after losing to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the Adelaide International 1 and facing a third-round exit at the 2023 Australian Open. The 27-year-old, is however, back to winning ways, having earned his first title of the season in Rotterdam and re-entered the Top-10.

Daniil Medvedev is now scheduled to compete at the 2023 Qatar Open, which will be held between February 20-25.