The Spanish tennis player has apologised over a social media post from a Chinese restaurant.
The former world No 2 tennis player Paula Badosa has apologised after a photo emerged of her appearing to imitate a Chinese face in Beijing last week.
When Badosa was accused of racism by other Instagram users, she initially insisted that she hadn’t been “imitating Asian people”, but was instead “playing with my face and wrinkles. I love Asia and I have many Asian friends”. That message appeared on Monday, and on Tuesday morning Badosa – who is now the world No 15 – withdrew from this week’s event in Wuhan citing gastroenteritis.
Badosa reached the semi-finals of the Beijing Open before losing to eventual champion Coco Gauff. She has been on a strong run of form, winning 18 of her past 22 matches to carry herself back into the top 20. Earlier this season, she admitted that doctors had told her to stop playing last year because of a persistent back injury.Meantime, the beginning of an on-court apology from Magda Linette, the world 45 from Poland, was cut off by her interviewer in Wuhan.
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