MADRID, 1 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Hispanic-Venezuelan tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza, champion of the WTA Finals, recognizes that she is now “more mature and less unconscious” on the court, which has allowed her to “handle all the emotions” and to stop being her “own enemy”, while he values as “super important” his recent historic triumph in the appointment of ‘teachers’, although he does not dare to say if it is of more relevance than the Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles that he already had in his possession.
“I think that before I was my own enemy. Over time, you learn to soften those moments of frustration, in which you are not happy and you have to accept all that in a better way, before maybe I jumped to the minimum, it made me sick I win or I was frustrated. Now I have learned to handle all my emotions, overcome that much faster and not stay anywhere that will not help me win “, Garbiñe Muguruza confessed in an interview with Europa Press after an act with Caser Seguros .
The number three in the world does not hide that the “pressure” from fans and the press has made her face difficult moments more “irritated and sensitive” at times. “Yes I have felt it (the pressure). I burst into 2015 very fast and very strong, I won ‘Grand Slams’, I was number one, but I was very young and it was all very fast, and all that created a lot of expectation to maintain that level already. assured, but it is not that easy. But that pressure is also good, people have expectations of me. Everything has its process, comes a high, then a low, another high … This is the career of an athlete, “he explained .
“There have been times when I have been more sensitive, irritated, for not meeting expectations. In others, it has given me energy. In general it is more difficult to carry, although sometimes it has helped me”, reflected Muguruza, who, However, now she looks “more prepared” as a tennis player.
“Now I am more mature and less unconscious. When you play without thinking … Now, like every athlete, I have acquired a training that I now notice in everything I do,” said the tennis player proudly, joking that “still” no one has told him. has called ‘Maestra de Maestras’ down the street. “I wouldn’t mind …”, he confessed, laughing.
In this sense, the champion of Roland Garros in 2016 and Wimbledon in 2017 puts these two victories at the “same level” with her recent triumph in Guadalajara (Mexico). “It was a super important victory, but I do not know if it is the most important title in my career, because the ‘Grand Slam’ are tournaments that every child dreams of,” he added.
“It has been a progression throughout the year. Since 2020 I played much better, I began to feel much better on the court, and this year, which has been able to play despite the Covid, I have progressed and at the end of the season is when more I have put together all the puzzle that make up my tennis, the desire to finish the year in style and my team, we hit it off very well. Everything has made my best tennis come out that week, “he said about the keys to recovering his mental and physical level.
“ON THE CIRCUIT EVERYONE IS WITH THE KNIFE IN THEIR MOUTH EVERY WEEK”
Thus, the number three in the WTA ranking believes that 2021 has been her “most stable” year and her “best season”. “I have reached five finals, it is the year in which I have reached more finals and more titles I have won. I have felt better in general,” she said with satisfaction.
“It has been a difficult year, there have been weeks that have been a ‘roll’, there was no audience, the ‘bubble’ … And there are others in which you carry it more or less well. It has been a roller coaster at times, but in general, I have handled it well. I have been very focused on being at the top, at the top, we have sacrificed a lot of energy, but ironically, I have not handled it as badly as it looks on paper, I have adapted well ” , Muguruza valued in relation to the season, in which the psychological aspect has been very important.
And this is an issue that he has worked with his team. “In 2020 we already played tournaments with the coronavirus protocol and in 2021 I took it with more enthusiasm after not playing too much in 2020. It has been like good things and bad things … My team has been very important, it has given me freshness, new cycle, a new beginning. They are very empathetic and hard-working, they have brought me back to the top, “he celebrated.
Finally, Garbiñe Muguruza analyzed how a “matched” circuit of the WTA is, already without a great dominator as in the time of Serena Williams. “It’s normal, the Serena Williams thing was something … So many years and decades dominating … Now you don’t know who is going to win, everything is super competitive, everyone is with the knife in their mouth every week. That’s the level ‘ top ‘, what has to be, “said the one from Caracas.
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