(FAR LEFT) PAULA’S COAT: DESIGUAL. (LEFT) PAULA’S JACKET: CAROLINA HERRERA. STEFANOS’S OUTFIT: SILBON. (RIGHT) PAULA & STEFANOS’S OUTFITS: SILBON
Just hours before the start of last year’s French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Spain’s Paula Badosa was forced to pull out due to a back injury. It was a terrible blow for the 26-year-old rising star. But as she struggled with her disappointment, something wonderful happened. Right there in the City of Love, she crossed paths with fellow tennis ace Stefanos Tsitsipas, also 26, and there was an instant spark.
“I had seen Paula in the Australian Open in 2020 and had been completely mesmerised. I remember thinking to myself that one day we would be together,” Greek player Stefanos says.