Badosa considered ending her career in 2024 due to a series of injuries, including chronic back problems.
In 2022, she was ranked as high as No. 2, but despite returning to the top 10 last year, she is currently ranked at No. 70.
She added: “Believe me, I am the first person who suffers from pain and endless nightmares every day and tries to find a solution.”
“I would always try again. If there was even a 1% chance of continuing, I would take it.”
Badosa, who reached the Australian Open semifinals in January 2025, criticized the toxicity of some social media.
“So to me, the only disrespect would be to open social media and read messages like this,” she added.
“Then if we see players or people suffering and having mental health issues we complain. But I’m not surprised that we have so much hate and ‘experts’ here.”
Badosa’s comments came after Destanee Aiava announced she was retiring at 25, calling the country a “racist, misogynistic, homophobic and hostile” culture.
In explaining her decision, Ava said she had faced abuse from online trolls – an issue that has affected several players in the game.
England player Katie Boulter shared with BBC Sport some of the abuse she suffered last year to help highlight the scale of the problem.
According to data from data science company Signify, the International Tennis Federation and the Women’s Tennis Association, about 8,000 abusive, violent or threatening messages were publicly sent to 458 tennis players through social media accounts in 2024, many of which came from gambling.
