Bardoza: After entering the top ten of the world, my life changed dramatically

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The 24-year-old Spanish adept achieved a career break in the 2021 season, winning her most weighty title to date in Indian Wells, making her first year-end finals and reaching the top 10 for the first time in the world rankings. In a recent interview, Bardoza said she made a lot of sacrifices to succeed in her tennis career, but she said she had no regrets because she knew that this was the price that must be paid for success.

"I made a lot of sacrifices, gave up a lot of things, but at the same time I achieved a lot, won the championship trophy, had a good performance on the field and enjoyed the tennis life day after day. Luckily, I really enjoy tennis and the feeling of competing on the field, and I also enjoy training and enjoying my life in tennis. Bardoza said in an interview with Spanish media.

"There are times when I don't even have time to lie on the couch for half an hour, and I never stop, but that's what I do. During the offseason, I had a full ten days of intense training, training at the highest intensity, while also getting everything else done, so to speak, working 24 hours a day, but that was the price to pay for success. ”

In addition, Bardoza said that being in the top ten of the world has changed her life a lot: "[Being in the top 10] is really fantastic, it's a huge change from my previous career, being in the top ten of the world and being in the top 100 of the world feels like two completely different sports, and the treatment and personal influence you receive is completely different." But for me, on a psychological level, it's just as hard in the world's top 100 and the world's top 10. Maybe it was more difficult for me to enter the top one hundred of the world than to enter the top ten of the world, and it took me many years to enter the top one hundred of the world. ”

Bardoza will play as a top ten seed at the 2022 Australian Open, the first time espanyol has played as a top ten seed in a Grand Slam tournament. She admits that the Australian Open is her favorite Grand Slam event and she hopes to win her first Grand Slam title at Melbourne Park.

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)