Garbiñe Muguruza hid his disappointment after the fall, for the second consecutive year, in the first round of Roland Garrosthe first big one he won, another episode in a bad season that, based on hard work, he hopes to rectify.
For the fifth time this season, the Spaniard unleashed a match in which he won the first set, which led him to confirm that he had a problem with confidence at that point in the match.
“I had games that I dominated and I didn’t close, I became tense, nervous, trying not to escape and they were matched. I left a lot of games out of control, that I didn’t close,” the Caracas native acknowledged. after falling against the Estonian veteran kaia kanepi by 2-6, 6-3 and 6-4 in 2 hours and six minutes.
The bad streak, with nine losses in 16 games, is even more incredible when compared to the good end of the season he signed last season.
“Finishing a year well does not guarantee that you will be well in the future. Australian Open of next year ”, said the player in reference to the Grand Slam that opens the season, where he fell in the second round in this edition.
The victories in Dubai, Chicago and the Masters Tournament last year, and the final in Australia, were not continued this year, where the results were modest.
Garbiñe came out dominant but let the games go. It happened to her in Dubai against Russian Veronika Kudermetova (she won the first set 6-3, and 4-4 in the second set); in Indian Wells against American Alison Riske (6-0 and 3-1), in Rome against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (6-3 and 5-3) and in Rabat against Italian Martina Trevisan, 2-6, 6-4 at 6-1.
Despite this, the Spaniard made sure he wasn’t overly worried and made sure he was working with his coach, Conchita Martinezto improve that situation.
“I’m not discouraged, working hard to face those moments, I will turn it around sooner or later. But yes, it’s hard,” she said.
“It’s been a hard season. I’ve had very controlled games, but then I can’t finish and it gets complicated and then a game is a game and in the end only one wins. But I feel like I’m training. Hardworking and trying, “insisted the Spaniard.
“I’m 100% sure that at some point I’ll get off the track and get the successes I’m not running away from,” Garbiñe added.
Muguruza acknowledged that the service reached veteran Kanepi, 46 in the world at the age of 36.
In his tenth participation in the clay court Grand Slam, the 2016 winner showed that he is not going through his best moments, especially in the mental aspect, where he has not touched a fight that elevates him.
Defeated in the second round in Madrid, Rome and Rabat, the Caracas native could not find tennis that propelled him to lift two majors and play four finals.
Kanepi, a quarterfinalist in 2008 and 2012, will play for a place in the third round against Brazilian Batriz Haddad, who defeated the Spaniard, from the previous period, Cristina Bucsa, 6-3, 1-6 and 6 -2 in 2 hours and 13 minutes.
Source: La Verdad
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