At Roland Garros,
The announcement had a small impact in celebrity editorials. On May 5, Paula Badosa formalized her “amicable” breakup with Stefanos Tsitsipas, a rather improbable decision for a couple launched at 200 km/h on the highway of honeyed love. “It is as friends, with immense mutual respect, that we now choose to move forward on our own paths,” wrote the Spaniard.
Something didn’t ring true. We would be in an American series that we would shout at the somewhat forced cliffhanger on the separation of the flagship couple to build up the hype while waiting for the next season, knowing full well that the two lovebirds would not last more than three episodes before getting back together. together. Bingo. The Greek will backtrack less than two weeks later.
“I realized that my relationship with Paula is completely different from any I’ve had in the past,” Stefanos explained. I feel like he’s my soul mate and we understand each other. » How can we not see in Tsitsipas and Badosa the couple Victor and Nikki Newman in The Young and the Restless: an unconditional love that a little drama cannot shake (barring two or three divorces and a few love triangles for the Newmans, all of even). Let us note, to go to the end of the lineage, that fans of the series had given the fictitious spouses the nickname “Nikktor”, three centuries before the birth of “Tsitsidosa”. Often imitated, never equaled.
The new policy of Tsitsitpas and Badosa on the networks
Here is Paula and Stefanos reunited again at the scene of their first dates, as if nothing had happened, or almost. The tandem returns with new principles, decreed by the Spaniard at a press conference on the eve of her entry into contention at Roland-Garros. “What I didn’t like, what he didn’t like, was that our life was really being exposed to the public. We will now try to maintain a veil of confidentiality over our relationship, to stay between us. »
At first glance, they seem to stick to it, as the person behind the ‘They got back together.’ Confirmation after a small detour through the two accounts of Tsitsipas and that of Badosa, not one post higher than the other and above all an unequaled discretion compared to the time of the gnagnan publications every four mornings (Stefanos sends roses, Paula is really too in love, Q & A on Tik Tok in Z’amours mode, etc.).
Hand in hand in the corridors of Roland-Garros
Seeing Tsitsipas attend Paula Badosa’s post-victory press conference on Thursday, and the latter playing with the tournament cameras, hand in hand with her companion, something tells us that they still miss the spotlight a little. It doesn’t take much for us journalists to step into the breach. The fleeting breakup, the appearance of one in the other’s box during matches, the multiplication of the number of romantic relationships on the ATP/WTA circuit, everything is a pretext to bring the Greek and the Spaniard back to their relationship . It is necessary to see with what subtlety certain colleagues bring their questions so as not to target those concerned, who would nevertheless be justified in no longer answering them now that they have set certain limits.
Example of a question asked with a grain of salt in Badosa, Thursday: “Spending a lot of time with someone who does the same thing as you, do you find that it helps you with your tennis and to what extent Do you two talk about tennis? »
Human language translation: “Paula, say something about you and Stefanos, tell me about yourself, we want the scoop, dammit!” »
Sometimes the miracle works, like when Tsitsipas agrees to venture into romantic territory by tackling mixed doubles with his partner. “Paris holds a special place for Paula and me. That’s where he had our first date just before Roland Garros last year. Our anniversary takes place here, so for us it was a no-brainer to play our first mixed doubles here. » Proof that despite his new principles, Tsitsidosa has not completely abandoned the gnagnan register. We were almost scared (or not).