Hilarious reaction as Paula Badosa picks Ons Jabeur as tour best friend over Aryna Sabalenka: "Send me the tape"

Tunisia’s tennis star Ons Jabeur reacted in a hilarious manner after the former world number two Spain’s Paula Badosa decided to pick her ahead of Aryna Sabalenka as her best friend. The 26-year-old and the current world number two are famous for their friendship. They are often seen on the social media spending time together and posting pictures. Interestingly, they are now set to face each other in the round of 16 of the WTA event — the Stuttgart Open — on Wednesday.

Badosa, during a conversation with the media in the competition, was asked an interesting question by the three-time Grand Slam runner-up Jabeur as she picked up the microphone: "Very important question, because everybody wants to know, who is your best friend on tour?”. In response to that, the Manhattan-born instantly replied ‘you’. Jabeur was excited as she responded by saying: “Send me the tape. Send me”.

Badosa defeated Russia’s Diana Shnaider in the round of 32 of the competition on Monday in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-4. On the other hand, Jabeur, who is having a tough 2024 season till now as she has only managed to play in the quarterfinal or beyond in only one event this year, will play her first-round encounter of the competition against Ekaterina Alexandrova on Tuesday.