Former World No.2 Paula Badosa has never shied away from acknowledging the importance of family in her life, and recently opened up about her strong relationship with her younger sister, Jana.

The Spaniard spoke about her maternal relationship with her 15-year old sister, whom Badosa has committed to helping make Jana's dreams come true.

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Badosa admits to playing the role of second mom to Jana

"My younger sister, she’s 15 years old," she said on an episode of the WTA series My Journey: Paula Badosa. "Her name is Jana. We have a 10 year difference so I always felt that, of course, I’m her older sister but as I say, at the same time, I always felt like I had to like, be her second mom.

"I protect her so much, especially the role I’m playing right now with her right now it’s financially, I’m helping her. Her dream was always to come her to the US, to study, to learn English. Her maturity is growing so fast thanks to that, so I’m very proud of her."

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Furthermore, the former Indian Wells champion stated she would do everything to ensure Jana achieves her dreams.

"She’s the most important person in my life," she added. "So I would, she knows that I would do anything for her and I just want her to have an opportunity to do whatever she wants or her dream. I had my opportunity to make my dream come true, so I just want that for her."