“I am not one of the people who looks at things like the ranking a lot, but I know that there is a lot at stake at this time of year and I am aware of it. It's something that's always there but I'm not trying to get too obsessed with it. It is something very common for all tennis players and we have to know how to live together. LogicallyI'm not going to lie and I'm not going to hide that I really want to do a good job in tournaments and try to score points in the standings. But I don't want to be thinking about the ranking every day, or much less, “said Garbiñe Muguruza after defeating the Japanese Mai Hontama 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals of the Chicago WTA 500.
A triumph that placed the 27-year-old Spaniard seventh in the ranking and much closer to being able to contest the WTA Finals to be held in Guadalajara (Mexico) from November 10 to 17. Achieving a great result in Chicago brought him closer to the goal in the absence of specifying everything in Indian Wells (from day 6) and luck, or the bad luck of his rival in the semifinals, has left him on a silver platter.An illness gastrointestinal prevents her rival, the Czech Marketa Vondrousova (41st in the ranking) from playing, and thus Muguruza has not even had to dress short to play tomorrow's final. His rival will come out of the match that will be played at 8:00 p.m. by the Kazakh Rybakina and the Tunisian Jabeur.
If Garbiñe wins the title, she would add a total of 3,141 points, which would place her in sixth position in the race, just five points behind the Greek Maria Sakkari and if she loses she would already add 2976, 205 points more than the Japanese Osaka, which is eighth. The fight for the title will be played tomorrow Sunday at 8 pm peninsular time (1 pm local time) and will be broadcast on Teledeporte.