"Inform yourselves and chill a bit": Paula Badosa fires back at fan questioning her privacy with Stefanos Tsitsipas

Spain’s tennis star Paula Badosa has responded to a fan who asked why she and her boyfriend Stefanos Tsitsipas are not honouring their own words about keeping their relationship private. The two have been dating for a long time and are already considered one of the power couples in tennis.

The two broke off just before the French Open but got back together a few weeks later. When the two got back together, Badosa stated in an interview that she and Tsitsipas have decided to keep their relationship ‘personal’ as the first time, it was very public. "He already explained and I have nothing else to say, I mean, it's our private life,” she said back then. “I think one of the things that we didn't like is that it was very public, so now we want to keep it to ourselves. We know it's not going to be easy because we are two public people so people will ask, but we want to keep it more to ourselves."

On August 17, a video appearance on the Tennis TV account on the social media platform X — previously known as Twitter — where the two can be seen stretching in the gym together while holding their hand. A fan on X commented below the video and pointed out why the two are not honouring their words. “When they got back together, they said, " I mean, it's our private life. I think one of the things that we didn't like is that it was very public, so now we want to keep it to ourselves." So why don't they,” the fan wrote.

In response, Badosa stated that, unfortunately, the two were not aware that there were cameras in the gym. “Unfortunately, we didn’t know there were cameras there. I just finished my match, nobody was in the gym, we were just stretching and chatting after my win. So please, before all this judgement and talking, inform yourselves and chill a bit. Thanks,” she wrote.

Tsitsipas’ journey in the Cincinnati Open came to an end in the round of 32 as he lost to Britain’s Jack Draper with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. On the other hand, Badosa is still very much alive in the campaign as she has booked her place in the semifinal after beating Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the last-eight clash in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-2. She will face America’s Jessica Pegula, who booked her spot in the last-four after beating Canada’s Leylah Fernandez in the quarterfinal with a score of 7-5, 6-7, 7-6.