Garbiñe Muguruza arrived at the Pan American Tennis Center of Zapopán fifth in the world. She leaves third after proclaiming herself a teacher. She only has Australian Ashleigh Barty (1,897 points) and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (695) ahead. On a podium in the classification that he had not enjoyed since July 18, 2018. A sign of the recovery of a tennis player who started the 15th year in the world.
“Going back to number one? I still haven’t thought about it …”, Garbiñe answered before meeting Anett Kontaveit. ANDn September 11, 2017, after winning Wimbledon (in 2016 he had already won Roland Garros), he rose to the top of a ranking which took four weeks. Then came difficult years and at the end of 2019 it was 36th. It was then that she broke with coach Sam Sumyk and put herself in the hands of Conchita Martínez, who had collaborated with her during her triumph at All England.
“Now I have the experience of having had good and bad times. I have more composure and I feel much better prepared. to handle the games and handle myself. I have progressed, “he recalls when asked to compare himself to the Garbiñe of 2017.
Assaulting number one in the short term seems difficult. Ashleigh Barty, current Wimbledon champion, fell at the Australian Open in the quarterfinals and defends only 430 points. The Spanish did it in the second round (240), but in Dubai she will have to defend her 1,000 title. But he is once again in a position to fight for the scepter.
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