Garbiñe Muguruza, flaming champion of the Dubai tournament, will return to competition this week at the Miami Open, another WTA 1,000 which begins on Tuesday and has Australian Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka as the first seeds. The Spanish, who is on the same side of the table as the Japanese, is the 12th favorite and She is exempt from the first round that begins on Tuesday, so she will wait for a rival in the second: the Swedish Rebecca Peterson or the Chinese Xinyu Wang.
On his way, Garbiñe could cross rankings with Petra Martic in the third round, Bianca Andreescu in the round of 16, Sofia Kenin in the quarterfinals and the aforementioned Osaka in the semifinals before a hypothetical final against Barty. Hard journey as well as logical in an event of this category.
The other two Spanish women from the main draw, Sara Sorribes and Paula Badosa, will also play in the Muguruza sector. The Castellón, who has just completed a great tour in Mexico, with her first title in Guadalajara and the semifinals in Monterrey, will face the American Bernarda Pera on Wednesday, and the Catalan will debut on Tuesday (around 20:30) against the Swiss Jil Teichmann. In the preliminary phase Aliona Bolsava competes from Monday. The Moldovan tennis player will face the American Coco Vandeweghe, who has returned to the circuit after a long period of absence.
Serena Williams, great absence
The tournament features the best tennis players on the circuit and there are hardly any low. the most significant is that of Serena Williams, the only one in the top-10 who will not play because I announce on Sunday that I would not be after recently undergoing oral surgery.