Garbiñe could return in Lexington

The new Lexington tournament, tournament that replaced Washington on the WTA calendar, He is watching his lineup fill with female tennis stars looking to return to compete to regain sensations.

They have already announced that players like Lexington will be in the Top Seed Open Serena Williams, Sloane Stephens, Venus Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Aryna Sabalenka and the young Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimova.

The last ones to sign up for the tournament pre-registration are Johanna Konta and Garbiñe Muguruza. The Spanish has in mind to play as many tournaments as possible to face the North American tour in conditions. His participation in Lexington would mean the return of Garbiñe to the maximum competition since the break due to the pandemic.

Garbiñe was preliminarily signed up for the Lexington tournament so that, in the event that the Cincinnati tournament and the US Open are played – still in doubt due to the situation of the pandemic in the United States-, have the possibility to decide whether or not to go to the Top Seed Open. If the big North American tournaments are finally canceled, Muguruza could disassociate himself from Lexington without problem.

In an act this Friday with his sponsor Caser Seguros, Garbiñe was pruled by the United States Open, of which he commented that to make the decision on its cancellation or celebration “It will be difficult”. “It's better to play at not doing it,” he said, “but I understand that there are mixed feelings.”

She said she has “Mind play the American preparation tournaments for the US Open and the dirt tour that would end at Roland Garros. ” “In short, all possible tournaments if the situation allows it”, he pointed out. Muguruza also recognized that it will be shocking to jump onto a track without public and wished that “little by little” the emotion of the amateurs.

Meanwhile, he believes that tennis players should stay strong. “It is a matter of resistance and mental strength. The one who is stronger, will have the easiest path to victory “, he claimed. Motivated in each training session with Conchita Martínez, with whom she maintains “a special connection”, Muguruza hopes to end 2020 in a good way, a year that started with the runner-up at the Australian Open.