Garbiñe Muguruza still can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. The Spaniards are back to add a new disappointment to a very complicated season.
At this moment the Russian Liudmila Samsonova swept her in the semi-finals of the Tokyo tournament in a match only tied midway through the first set.
After starting a break down, Muguruza was able to recover and level the score, but her fragility on serve cost her in the first set against a rival who was gaining confidence as the games progressed.
The second set was almost historyless, two consecutive breaks by the Russian thwarted any reaction attempts by the former number 1 of the world, who could only score a few games in the final stretch, as the rivalry was doomed.
In this loss, Muguruza has certainly buried her few options in qualifying for the WTA Finalsthe contest for teachers he won last year in Guadalajara.
In other matches of the day, the Chinese Shuai Zhang defeated Croatian Petra Martic, 7-5, 6-2 and the pass in the final will be played against Samsonova.
The other semifinal will be played by the Russians Veronika Kudermetova, who beat Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-7(4), 7-6(6), 6-1 against the winner of the duel between Qinwen Zheng and Claire Liu.
Source: La Verdad
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