After the thriller that she experienced in her debut at Roland Garros last Monday, when she needed three sets and 14 games in the last heat to beat the Slovakian Tamara Zidansek, Garbiñe Muguruza took a break in the second round and beat the less good twin of the Pliskova, Krystina: 6-3 and 6-2 in 68 minutes with calm and solvency. Nothing to do with the three-hour battle he suffered at his debut in the tournament.
At the end of the match, his serious celebration, with a face of rage after having executed his 21st and last winning stroke, left a shy smile that grew wider and wider until it was almost complete when he answered the questions of former French player Fabrice Santoro, still on the Suzanne Lenglen stadium track. With an exercise of precision, without fanfare, but well executed, the Spanish She went on to the third round, in which she will face a surely more difficult rival, the American Danielle Collins, who was able to beat the 17-year-old Danish girl Clara Tauson (6-2, 6-3).
As often happens lately, Garbiñe started the game badly, with a break down and a dangerous feeling of discomfort, which fortunately for her dissipated after the fourth game. The two days of rest were good for him to keep cool and win four in a row. Then he closed the first set with his serve, which this time worked quite well for him. In fact, he did not commit a single double fault. In the network, an area in which he gets stuck at times, he only lost one point (13/14). Everything was good news since that break, in the only opportunity that Muguruza granted to Pliskova. A good foothold to work on for the tough commitments that await you from now on.
“Mentally I am more prepared”
“I'm happy because it's the first left-hander I've played against all year and that's difficult. I had to be very focused on my game and my serve. I'm happy with my shots “Muguruza said after his victory. “It was very good to have two days off after a very tough game. This special edition, but I love the tournament. It is a long tournament, with matches that can be good or bad. I think it is good to be certain that you can win because you have already done it, but this year is very uncertain, there is a very high level. It's hard to see yourself as a favorite even if you have rankings and titles ”, explained the woman from Caracas, who is satisfied with her evolution: “I think my game has improved, that my game is there, that mentally I am better prepared. It is a combination of hard work and experience. I feel different on the track, harder and stronger ”. “I am happy to have played a better quality game that was not so hard, with the waiting it was heavy. I am happy because I have served better, I have managed to subtract many aces, be solid in my game and play every point concentrated, to take advantage of my opportunities, which have fallen sooner rather than later ”, she concluded.
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