MrArbiñe Muguruza suffered on court 19, with almost no standing, against a rival who had lost in the world ranking. ‘Mugu’ enjoyed and grew in the middle of Roland Garros or Wimbledon, preferably in front of Serena Williams or Maria Sharapova. The bigger the challenge, the more attention focused on the match, the better. From this point of view it is understood that he ‘only’ won ten titles, but two were Grand Slam titles, in Paris and London, and another in the WTA Finals, the Masters. With him it was always all or nothing. Unstoppable in his good moments, it’s also disconcerting when he can’t find the right path.
That record, magnified duality as an athlete, entered the equation that led to his retirement. Competitive bipolarity has a lot to do with his over-ambition. He always thinks big. I couldn’t stand the normalcy of another day at the office, all I wanted was finals. She may have tried to come back, after thirteen months without work, which is not unusual in the women’s circuit, either due to injury or a period of sick leave to be a mother. There are positive examples of respect. But ‘Garbi’ I’m not coming back to be top-30 in the world.
If there was a return operation, it was to fight to become the Grand Slam champion. He did not see it clearly, because it meant sacrifices that he had known since he was a child and that he felt he could no longer reward. He tried another life, he liked it. He tipped the balance decisively that he was happy. Very happy.
Source: La Verdad
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