Garbiñe Muguruza has the full with 10 wins in 10 participations in the Australian Open. It has never failed in its debut in the tournament and this Tuesday it has maintained the record against the French Clara Burel (77 world) which he won 6-3 and 6-4.
Champion at Roland Garros (2016) and Wimbledon (2017), Muguruza has returned to Melbourne willing to pass a subject that was pending in 2020 when she lost the final against the American Sofia Kenin.
The WTA Finals title won last November in Guadalajara (Mexico) and her ascent to third place in the world are sufficient reasons for the Venezuelan Hispanic tennis player to return to count among the great favorites for the title, not only in the bookmakers, where they pay for Muguruza 13 euros per euro bet, only surpassed in the quota by the number one, the Australian Ashleigth Barty (3.75) and the American Naomi Osaka (7), but above all, by her direct rivals who respect and fear her.
less weak points
“Being among the candidates is great. I feel that I am a player that I am not comfortable facing. I suppose that the list of winners speaks for itself and that each victory and each title adds more to that “weight”, then, maybe yes, “he values. a Muguruza.
At 28, he feels strong for the challenge after overcoming a period without great results from which it has been difficult for him to get out. In these last two years, hand in hand with Conchita Martinez, has found the stability, experience and a very solid game in which every day there are fewer weak points and those performance ups and downs that I had when I was young.
“When someone young is successful, a very high expectation is created that ends up not being sustainable and that is difficult to control, but you have to go through that,” he says.
The pressure of the best
Muguruza she feels ready to take the maximum but the pressure is still there and, sometimes, she admits that it overwhelms her. “That is always difficult to carry, but it is the pressure of the best. The problems in this case are privileges, so I tell myself to calm down and go out and do my best,” she explains.
“I feel that I have done a good job after a year with all the problems of the bubbles and the Olympics. I have tried to rest and train at the same time,” he stresses. Muguruza who, this Wednesday, will seek the pass to the third round against the also French tennis player Alize Cornet.
possible rivals
Their road to the final on January 29 will not be easy. At the bottom of the frame Muguruza could meet the young British tennis player in the round of 16 Emma Raducanu, last champion of the US Open or the Romanian Simona Halep, former number 1 and old acquaintance; in the quarterfinals with the Estonian Anett Kontaveit, seventh in the world, which she won in the final of the Women’s Masters in Guadalajara and in the semifinals against the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, world number 2. But that’s all guesswork and Muguruza has never liked looking at the tournament draw.
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