{"id":66901,"date":"2023-07-04T13:22:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T10:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=66901"},"modified":"2023-07-04T16:26:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T13:26:17","slug":"love-match-at-wimbledon-for-power-couple-tsitsipas-and-badosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/love-match-at-wimbledon-for-power-couple-tsitsipas-and-badosa\/","title":{"rendered":"Love match at Wimbledon for power couple Tsitsipas and Badosa"},"content":{"rendered":"

By AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Move over Posh and Becks, forget “Brangelina” or “Kimye”, there’s a new power couple in town in the shape of Wimbledon lovebirds Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa.<\/p>\n

Only romantically involved since May, Greek world number five Tsitsipas and Spain’s New York-born Badosa, who has been as high as number two in the rankings, are very much a modern couple.<\/p>\n

They already have a joint Instagram account blending their names into one — “Tsitsidosa”.<\/p>\n

“Best friends and soulmates. Nothing less; nothing more,” purrs its tagline.<\/p>\n

Boasting almost 57,000 followers, the platform has showcased the couple in Dubai, splashing about in a swimming pool, training and taking selfies on Centre Court.<\/p>\n

“0 Grand Slams in one photo, but hey, love conquers all,” they captioned one picture.<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas recently told Greek media outlet SDNA that the relationship only started after he messaged Badosa to congratulate her on defeating Ons Jabeur in Rome.<\/p>\n

“It was meant to happen,” the 24-year-old said. “I feel like I’m falling in love for the first time in my life. I never expected this to happen and it gives me a new perspective on life.”<\/p>\n

All England Club spectators, shivering in the damp and cold on Tuesday, will get the chance to warm to the couple on Tuesday when they start their Wimbledon campaigns.<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas was facing former US Open Dominic Thiem while Badosa is up against Alison Riske-Amritraj.<\/p>\n

– Golden couple –<\/strong><\/p>\n

They were not the only golden couple looking to make the second round on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Britain’s Katie Boulter and Alex de Minaur of Australia, who have been dating for two years, open their campaigns on the same Court 18.<\/p>\n

Boulter was first up against Daria Saville before De Minaur, the world number 17, faces Kimmer Coppejans of\u00a0Belgium.<\/p>\n

Boulter and De Minaur are renting a nearby house during the championships.<\/p>\n

“I feel like we continually both push each other,” said 26-year-old Boulter, the British number one.<\/p>\n

“There’s a lot I’ve learned from him as a person and as a player. I’m very lucky to have an insider who knows the emotions that I go through on and off the court.<\/p>\n

“He’s an incredible player and, as you can see from his ranking, he does it week in, week out. I’ve got a lot to learn from him. I do my best to watch what he does and emulate it.”<\/p>\n

Britain’s Jodie Burrage also has matters of the heart on her mind after winning her first main draw match at a Slam on Monday, which put her on the brink of breaking into the top 100.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old has been in a relationship with Scottish rugby union international Ben White for two years and they share a home in Richmond, southwest London.<\/p>\n

However, 25-year-old scrum-half White will be playing in France with Toulon next season after his London Irish club folded.<\/p>\n

“He’s so excited. It’s tough because I won’t be going with him. My base is here, my training is here,” said Burrage.<\/p>\n

“We’ve always said we’ll do what’s best for our careers. We’ve always put that first.\u00a0We have a great understanding with that. That’s why we work so well.”<\/p>\n

She added: “South of France isn’t a bad place to go and visit.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By AFP Move over Posh and Becks, forget “Brangelina” or “Kimye”, there’s a new power couple in town in the shape of Wimbledon lovebirds Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa. Only romantically involved since May, Greek world number five Tsitsipas and Spain’s New York-born Badosa, who has been as high as number two in the rankings, are very much a modern couple. They already have a joint Instagram account blending their names into one — “Tsitsidosa”. “Best friends and soulmates. Nothing less; nothing more,” purrs its tagline. Boasting almost 57,000 followers, the platform has showcased the couple in Dubai, splashing about in a swimming pool, training and taking selfies on Centre Court. “0 Grand Slams in one photo, but hey, love […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":66902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"0","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-normal","show_share_counter":"0","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"F j, Y g:i a","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"3","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1887,1886,1885],"class_list":["post-66901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-paula-badosa","tag-stefanos-tsitsipas","tag-wimbledon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}