For second consecutive Year Garbiñe Muguruza has said goodbye to Roland Garros in the first round of the tournament by losing to the Estonian kaia kanepi by 2-6, 6-3 and 6-4. The Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player, tenth in the world, who had comfortably taken the lead in the first round and dominated 3-1 in the second, has not managed to maintain the advantage and has ended up eliminated after 2 hours and 8 minutes.
Muguruza he has once again shown himself to be very fragile mentally and, as happened to him in Rome and Morocco, the last two weeks with the same advantage, he has wasted another game that he seemed to dominate. kanepi36 years old and 46 in the World Cup, has managed to take the match to his field, thanks to his service (7 aces) but also due to the mistakes of a rival who was getting more and more desperate.
?? Garbiñe Muguruza, in her last 3 tournaments
WTA1000 Rome
❗️From leading 6-3 3-1 to losing 6-3 6-7 1-6 against ?? PutintsevaWTA250 Rabat
❗️From leading 6-2 3-1 to losing 6-2 4-6 1-6 against ?? Trevisan#Roland Garros
❗️From winning 6-2 3-1 to losing 6-2 3-6 4-6 against ?? Kanepi pic.twitter.com/nRoOkRggnS– José Manuel Amorós (@AmorosCuatro) May 22, 2022
Champion in 2016 at Roland Garros and at Wimbledon 2017, Muguruza she had conquered the Masters last year and seemed to have rediscovered her best game, but this season the results have not accompanied her with 9 losses in 16 games played and with problems in her right shoulder. Last year Muguruza was eliminated, also in the first round, by the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk.
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Jaber She was one of the favorites for the title at Roland Garros after her excellent clay court season, but after dominating the first set, she was overtaken by a rival who imposed a more aggressive game, especially in decisive moments.