BARCELONA, 18 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The former coach of tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza and now director of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Seville, Conchita Martínez, has assured that her ex-pupil is free to take time and do what she considers to be “best” for her life and career. , in response to a Muguruza who this week hinted that she could put an end to her professional stage on the slopes.
“If she is taking time it is because she needs it and it is what she has decided. And Garbiñe needs to do what is good for her,” said Conchita Martínez in a talk with Spanish media in which Europa Press was present.
The person who coached the Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player for three years, until April 2023, believes that it is necessary to take this break and reflect on the future of a career in which Muguruza, who has not competed since the beginning of 2023 after falling to the first change in Lyon, he became number 1 in the world in 2017.
“Today I have no intention of returning to competition. My plan right now is to sleep, rest, be with my family, make up for lost time… I don’t see beyond what I’m doing today, tomorrow and this week,” said the tennis player in an interview with ‘Women’s Health’ magazine.
In this sense, he confessed that he is experiencing this break “very happily.” “It was something my body and mind needed, so I’m really enjoying these moments,” he said. “Tennis does not occupy any place in my routine. I still pay attention to my teammates, from time to time I can play, but not intensely, but more for fun. It does not occupy my mind, nor my day or my routines, I am really taking a real break and trying to stay off the slopes,” she continued.