Badosa 'fighting' for tennis career despite doctors' concerns

The Spaniard was told she might have to manage her pain using cortisone shots in order to stay competing and admits she has had many low moments as she tries to come to terms with the medical advice she is being given. "I cried a lot and I'm still crying sometimes when I hear that and when I have talks with the doctors," Badosa told reporters at the Madrid Open ahead of her first-round match. "But at the same time, I have this personality, this character that it's like, 'I will still get through it, I will still keep fighting'.