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Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa was forced to withdraw from her quarterfinal match for the Olympic Games women’s singles against Czech Marketa Vondrousova on Wednesday due to heatstroke.

Badosa lost the first set 6-3 before requiring a medical time-out on court 4 before the start of the second set.

After a long attention, the Spanish could not continue and announced her withdrawal from the match, before leaving the court in a wheelchair.

“I have suffered a heat stroke as all of you have seen and I did not feel fit to continue competing in the match,” said Badosa, in comments posted by the Tokyo 2020 site.

“Coupled with the pressure of the competition, how special these days are, these are things that happen in sport, and I had to traverse that terrain today.

“It was a shame to end my participation in this way. The conditions have been demanding from day one, we tried to adapt as best as possible, but today the bodywork has not resisted as necessary ”, added Badosa.

Marketa Vondrousova, who had previously defeated Naomi Osaka, advanced to the women’s semifinals where she will face Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina.

Later, 23-year-old Badosa retired from his mixed doubles match with compatriot Pablo Carreño Busta.

The Spanish were due to face Polish pair Iga Swiatek and Lukasz Kubot in the first round on Wednesday.

Badosa and Carreño Busta were replaced in the draw by the French Fiona Ferro and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who ended up losing 6-3 7-6 to the Polish duo.

“I leave with a feeling of pride for having given absolutely everything for my country, for having represented it in the most professional way that I could,” said Badosa.

“I am going to focus on recovering, working to be well and giving myself. the opportunity to return to an event like this, “he added.

His retirement comes after both Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev publicly criticized the Tokyo 2020 match schedule.

Both players have said that it would be preferable to start matches later in the evening, when conditions have calmed down.

During his singles match against Fabio Fognini, Medvedev told the referee: “I am a fighter, I will finish the match, but I can die. If I die, will the ITF take responsibility (sic)?”