Badosa 'fights' for career despite injury

Former world No 2 Paula Badosa on Tuesday vowed to "keep fighting "for her career despite doctors telling her "it would be complicated" to continue playing professional tennis due to a stress fracture she sustained in her back last year.

The Spaniard was told that 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.