Who is Andy Murray’s opponent? Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa
Former world quantity two Badosa unexpectedly confirmed as much as witness Tsitsipas defeat Dominic Thiem in his opening match within the first spherical, receiving a heat reception.
Badosa held a love coronary heart image whereas within the viewers, and an interviewer advised Tsitsipas: “Paula made it over here after winning her match to watch you.”
To which he replied: “Oh! I just found out. I had no idea. Congratulations.”
But who’re the celeb couple taking up Wimbledon?
Who is Stefanos Tsitsipas?
Stefanos Tsitsipas is a 24-year-old Greek tennis participant.
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has ranked him as excessive as world quantity three, a place he first attained on August 9, 2021, making him, along with Maria Sakkari, the highest-ranked Greek participant in historical past.
The 2019 ATP Finals champion, Tsitsipas, was the occasion’s first winner underneath the age of 30 within the earlier 18 years. He has competed in two main finals within the 2021 French Open and 2023 Australian Open, ending runner-up to Novak Djokovic each occasions.
He has received 9 ATP singles titles, together with two Masters 1000 titles. On August 29, 2022, he attained a doubles rating of quantity 64, which is a profession excessive.
Tsitsipas was uncovered to tennis on the age of three and began taking classes on the age of six. He was born right into a tennis household; his father Apostolos was a tennis teacher and his mom Julia was an expert on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tour.
He topped the world rankings when he was a junior. With his triumph within the 2016 Wimbledon boys’ doubles competitors, he additionally turned the third Greek participant and the primary Greek man within the Open Era to win a junior Grand Slam championship.
Tsitsipas is an aggressive baseliner who can even play throughout the court docket, very very like Roger Federer. He makes use of an Eastern grip on his forehand and makes an attempt to hit large groundstroke winners.
He has been relationship Badosa publicly because the French Open in April 2023.
Tsitsipas’ sport in opposition to Murray will start at 8.05pm in the present day.
Who is Paula Badosa?
Badosa is a 25-year-old Spanish tennis participant.
The WTA has her ranked as excessive as quantity two on the planet in singles, which she attained on April 25, 2022, and quantity 124 in doubles, which she additionally attained on that date.
She has received three WTA Tour singles championships, and her run to the 2021 French Open quarterfinals was her highest end at a Grand Slam occasion. Later that yr, she earned her greatest profession victory to this point by successful the Indian Wells Open, a WTA 1000 competitors.
Badosa is a aggressive baseliner whose highly effective serve and groundstrokes are the focal factors of her sport.
Badosa moved to Barcelona when she was seven and it was there, at Club Tennis d’Aro, that she began to play tennis. At the age of 14, she moved to Valencia with a view to progress in tennis however, three years later, she returned to Barcelona.
The Spanish participant can also be competing at Wimbledon this yr. Tomorrow, she has a second-round girls’s singles sport in opposition to Ukrainian participant Marta Kostyuk.