Badosa, Kvitova, Jabeur, withdraws from Rome due to injuries

Former World No. 2s Paula Badosa and Petra Kvitova both withdrew from the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome due to injury ahead of their second-round matches against Naomi Osaka and Ons Jabeur respectively.

No. 9 seed Badosa cited the back injury that has plagued her throughout 2025. The Spaniard retired due to the issue in February’s Merida quarterfinals, withdrew from Indian Wells, gave a walkover in the Miami fourth round and withdrew from her home tournament in Madrid two weeks ago.

Ahead of Madrid, Badosa admitted that her back was “not 100%,” and revealed that she had been taking pain-killing injections throughout her 2024 resurgence into the Top 10. Osaka will instead bid to extend her six-match clay-court winning streak against lucky loser Viktorija Golubic.

Kvitova, who notched the first win of her comeback from maternity leave over Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round, was forced to pull out due to a right lower leg injury. No. 27 seed Jabeur advances via walkover, and will face either No. 6 seed Jasmine Paolini or Lulu Sun in the third round.