Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza, who has had two consecutive tournaments without breaking his first promise (Roland Garros and Berlin), made his debut on Monday with victory in the tournament on grass in Eastbourne (United Kingdom) via beating in two sets and in the round of 32 the Polish Magdalena Frech, number 92 in the ranking, 6-1 and 7-6 (7) in one hour and 42 minutes.
Muugurza broke a bad two -game losing streak in his first match both on the ground of Roland Garros, against Estonian Kaia Kanepi, and on the grass of Berlin, against German Andrea Petkovic.
The 28-year-old Spaniard, seeded fifth, comfortably won the first set in 46 minutes 6-1 and after breaking Frech’s serve in the fourth and sixth games.
The second set is more equal. After dominating 3-1, Pole pressed and was able to re-balance the duel until a tiebreaker where Muguruza closed out the win by 9-7 after an hour and 10 minutes of painful ‘tie break’ to avoid situations such as those experienced this year. in Dubai, Indian Wells, Rome, Rabat and Roland Garros, tournaments where he lost to his opponent after winning the first set.
The woman from Caracas had previously played against Frech. It had a 6-1, 6-3 victory in round 32 of the 2021 tournament in Charleston (USA).
In the round of 16, Garbiñe Muguruza, number 10 in the world, will face the winner this Tuesday in the duel between Canadian Rebecca Marino and the twelfth favorite, Italian Camila Giorgi.
The first favorite in Eastbourne is Spaniard Paula Badosa, who will make her debut against British Jodie Burrage.
Source: La Verdad
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