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Five days before the start of Roland Garros,

Paula Badosa

assured that she would like to reach the Parisian tournament less exposed than she is now, being one of the best rackets on the circuit, located at number three in the WTA ranking.

"I don't arrive as I would like, I would like to arrive less exposed and with more peace of mind. But it is the price to pay. I would have changed not to play a tournament on this land tour, I won't say which one. But I come prepared, I have worked very well", Indian.

"

I am very prepared physically and tennis-wise. Mentally I would have liked to arrive a little calmer.

But it is a Grand Slam, we all have nerves on the surface and he is the one who manages it best," she added at the event where she was presented as the new ambassador of Forcapil.

In this sense, she analyzed her condition as favorite: "Playing as a favorite is never easy.

Rivals play with nothing to lose and raise the level even more

. It's another challenge I'm going to have and I'm looking forward to facing it".

"For me it is a very emotional tournament, it means a lot. I won the junior there, it was the first Grand Slam I went to see when I was nine years old. I have many beautiful memories and I would very much like to do it very well", she commented.

Badosa arrives at this appointment after playing in Madrid and Rome: "Obviously I have felt pressure in those tournaments, in some more than others. I also

think that I arrived with many games played, perhaps I needed to play a little less

. It is my first year with everything this new, with many experiences from which I am learning".

On how he manages to attract more attention, he declared: "It depends on the day. It's something that has come suddenly, a year ago I was at 70 and a year later I was at two. It has been a very big boom, something that you expect.

I've always believed that I could do good things in tennis, but I didn't expect it from one day to the next so quickly and it's not easy to carry

."

"I am very exposed and I am learning to manage it"

"Now I'm very exposed, every game you play people expect you to win. That's not normal. It's difficult to manage and I'm learning to manage it.

I'm managing it with my team, with professionals. I hope I manage it better

" , he added.

All this leaves lessons for him: "

The first thing I've learned is that I have to get rid of social networks

. They do a lot of damage, because in the end it's very easy for people to talk without being inside. I do the best I can with my job and that you constantly judging from the outside is very easy. What has also helped me is to talk about things, to express how I feel at all times".

Despite everything, he is enjoying it: "It's been a lot of years of sacrifice, my whole life with a clear goal, training every day to achieve that.

Being in the position I'm in now is a dream come true, it's been many years of fighting and overcoming

".

The player also affirms that she is alert in case she suffers an episode of depression again: "

The fear of falling into depression again is always there, it would be denying a reality if I said no

. "

"Mentally, the head is always going to the limit. There are times when the head becomes saturated, where there are more moments of tension or anxiety. That is always there, more so in tennis. But luckily I have a good environment that helps me let that happen to me as little as possible," he added.

On the other hand, he celebrated that his figure inspires other women: "

I think it is very important to transmit women's empowerment

. It is growing a lot and enhancing that feminine part is very important. There is nothing stronger than transmitting more than a strong and powerful woman ".

"It is a pleasure to try to inspire women, to see themselves reflected in me. My career has never been perfect and I think that is normal, we are not perfect or robots. That helps women to see that, although there are difficulties, you can reach success and succeed," he added.

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