Muguruza to debut against Hsieh or Van Uytvank in Melbourne

Garbiñe Muguruza as it will debut at the Yarra Valley Classic, one of the WTA 500 that will be played in Melbourne from January 31 to February 6, against the Taiwanese Su-Wei Hsieh or the Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck. This is how the draw for the draw of the event belonging to the Summer Series that precedes the Australian Open.

Muguruza, exempt from the first round, will be seen in the second with an already known rival, since he has played against both. With Hsieh he is 0-1 (loss in Osaka 2019) and with Van Uytvanck he dominates 2-1, although Alison beat him in the second round of Wimbledon in 2018. Garbiñe goes by the side of Kenin, second favorite, and On their way, by ranking, they could be if Pavlyuchenkova advances in the round of 16, Kenin in the quarterfinals and Kvitova in the semifinals before a hypothetical final against the number one in the world and the tournament, the Australian Ashleigh Barty. Aliona Bolsava, the other Spaniard in the painting, will run into the Indian Ankita Raina on the other side.

In the other WTA 500, the Gippsland Trophy, which will also be held in parallel at Melbourne Park, Sara Sorribes will make her debut against the Japanese Nao Hibino, in the part by which Muchova, Wang, Sabalenka, Swiatek and Halep go. High level.