Paula Badosa had a easy however robust message after her boyfriend Stefanos Tsitsipas gained his first ATP title after almost a yr and in addition put an finish to at least one very destructive stat.
On Saturday, the No. 4 seed noticed off Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3 6-3 within the remaining of the ATP 500 event in Dubai to clinch his first title since profitable the Monte Carlo Masters final April.
The 26-year-old Greek – who landed his first ATP title in 2018 – now has 13 titles in his assortment.
Additionally, Tsitsipas is lastly an ATP 500 champion after shedding his earlier 11 finals at that individual stage.
Badosa, who is aware of in addition to anybody how troublesome the previous 11 months for her boyfriend was, reacted by way of Instagram.
“Once a champ always a champ…” the Spanish tennis star captioned her Instagram Story.
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Tsistsipas expressed his gratitude to everybody who was there for him
The 2-time Grand Slam runner-up did not cover his happiness after lastly getting again on the winner’s column.
“Great week in Dubai. I’m happy I had great people by my side. As Felix said, there are people outside of the box that I’d like to mention, that have been there for me in my toughest moments. Shout out to them,” the Greek said following his win.
Also, Tsitsipas admitted he felt relieved to finally end his ATP 500 finals curse.
“There is nothing that ensured the win today, it was just pure fighting,” the 26-year-old mirrored.
“It’s a giant aid that I’m in a position to maintain that trophy after the third try. It’s one thing that I had behind my thoughts, and I’m completely satisfied to say I completed it.”
In the meantime, Badosa retired injured throughout her Merida quarterfinal and it isn’t a certain factor that she’s going to have the ability to play a combined doubles exhibition with Tsitsipas in Indian Wells on Tuesday.