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Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – June 4, 2021 Spain’s Paula Badosa during her third round match against Romania’s Ana Bogdan REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Tennis enthusiasts, beware: there could be a powerful tennis duo in the making. Although it is well known that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa have been close friends for a long time, rumors of a love relationship between the two have been circulating online, creating a lot of speculation. Recently, both tennis players made an interesting change to their Spotify profile pictures.
They eventually responded to their fans’ rising curiosity with a cryptic social media interaction when their supporters observed the significant changes. However, their chat caught their audience off guard since they couldn’t stop imagining the potential tennis pair.
The tennis world wonders if Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa are together
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With their most recent selfies and social media engagements, Paula Badosa and Stefanos Tsitsipas have utterly taken the internet by storm. Just a few days ago, there was an interesting alteration in their profile images on the music app Spotify. Two previously unseen selfies of them together were displayed in their respective user profiles on the app.
So… Tsitsiposa (?) is real!? pic.twitter.com/35dJp6jAdz
— Relevant Tennis (@RelevantTennis) June 7, 2023
Seeing this change, tennis fans created chaos regarding what was going on between the stars. However, after being quiet about the change of profiles for a while, they eventually reacted to their fans’ curiosity. The Spanish tennis player took to her Twitter account and responded jokingly to the rumors. She wrote, “Waiting for the Spotify bonus after that…”
Waiting for the Spotify bonus after that… 💚🤷♀️@SpotifySpain
— Paula Badosa (@paulabadosa) June 7, 2023
Ok, so we’re going regional on this? 🙄 @SpotifyGreece https://t.co/o84UdahOov
— Stefanos Tsitsipas (@steftsitsipas) June 7, 2023
Further, the 24-year-old Greek tennis player commented on Badosa’s post with a question. “Ok, so we’re going regional on this?” he wrote. However, after this interaction, tennis fans flooded the comment section, reacting to the dating rumors.
A fan showed his eagerness to watch this as a part of a tennis documentary. He wrote, “OMFG WAIT IS THIS CONFIRMATION?????? NETLFIX GET ON THIS SHIT RN. “
OMFG WAIT IS THIS CONFIRMATION?????? NETLFIX GET ON THIS SHIT RN. https://t.co/jWzd3nhbej
— Chloe 💫◥ ◤ (@psychlo808) June 7, 2023
While other fans wanted to confirm the news. A fan even wanted to contact Aryna Sabalenka, a close friend of the Spaniard.
that's it, i've had enough, someone get Aryna on the phone pic.twitter.com/VkijPyimbV
— Ryan (@Some1NamedRyan) June 7, 2023
Here are some comments. Meanwhile, the rumor left some in awe, and they were just surprised by the amazing rumor.
ITS REAL GUYS !!! https://t.co/9QCqMS7wmN
— mariem (@mariem46979190) June 7, 2023
Literally breathing life into TT 💚 https://t.co/IhACzoqfCA
— Jimmy (@Racquettechie) June 7, 2023
is this actually happening https://t.co/3D3CxDBbYT
— мirena • (@rublederer) June 7, 2023
While some fans also pointed out that they might be teasing their fans with the dating rumor.
They TEASING US…pic.twitter.com/uArSRmCvh0 https://t.co/78qOdUoYAG
— 👑QueenGarcia👑 TO WIN HER FIRST SLAM IN 2023! (@QueenGarciaa31) June 7, 2023
Oh https://t.co/IyQncgZAAg pic.twitter.com/IiS56BDTuc
— DenizTheTennis (@denizthetenis) June 7, 2023
I don't care who wins the French Open anymore. https://t.co/205H0rSDQu
— Tariq (@Iridescence2000) June 7, 2023
Additionally, numerous people congratulated the pair.
They rlly hard launched on Spotify i’m cryingldjddkfjfkfj https://t.co/SOr8mKDZFT
— a 🤍 (@44hamiIton) June 7, 2023
OMGGG we will live a new story here my TT will we say congratulations to my bestie beautiful players it really everyone noticed this but we were just waiting for confirmation 🥹💗 https://t.co/qJUraDilr6
— ℳُ (@Monaby__) June 7, 2023
A fan also gave them a nickname, “StefaDosa forever!!!”
StefaDosa forever!!! 💚 https://t.co/ZLFdSvDcB5
— Ac (@ac_severus7) June 7, 2023
CRYING this is too good for me not to come back here https://t.co/WgLb0p2g1I
— angie 🍉 (@ultravoxing) June 7, 2023
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But wait, there was still something more that attracted a lot of attention to the pair even before their social media teasing.
Badosa watched Tsitsipas battle against his fourth-round opponent
The 25-year-old tennis player was last spotted in the quarterfinals of the Italian Open in 2023. The Spaniard, who also missed last year’s Australian Open, sustained a spinal stress fracture during her campaign in Rome, forcing her to withdraw from this year’s French Open.
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Despite her on-court absence, the former world number two was recently observed in Tsitsipas’ box during his fourth-round fight against Sebastian Ofner. In addition, the tennis team hasn’t yet given any context for their recent encounters or the unexpected Spotify changes. It will be intriguing to see what happens next, though. Please share your thoughts in the common section below.