On November 11th, Garbine Muguruza wanted to surprise her friend Carla Suárez and visited her in Barcelona. A visit from Conchita Martínez, Muguruza’s trainer who also led Carla to the elimination bars of the Fed Cup.
The Canary Islands-born player diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma continues to develop positively after six months of chemotherapy. Carla wanted to return the visit to the Spanish number 1 and went to her training this Saturday.
Garbine already started work with his trainer Conchita Martínez in the preseason. Her goal is the Australian tour in January, where she will play the first major of the year. It is worth remembering that the champion of two Grand Slams is the defending finalist of the last edition, which lost in three sets to the American Sofia Kenin.
Muguruza wanted to make the Canarian player’s visit to her training public. In their social networks I do not hesitate to publish a photo of the three in the field with the sentence: In good company!
A few days ago, 32-year-old Carla posted a new photo on social media before starting a new treatment day in which she thanked for the support she has received and continues to receive.
This fight is sure to win it. “Step by step there is less. We’ll treat for another week. Thank you very much for all the encouraging messages you are sending me today, ”said Suarez Navarro on her social networks.
A few days ago, the Spaniard expressed her wish to take part in the Olympic Games in Tokyo and thus withdraw from professional tennis.
Carla Suarez wants to retire after the Olympic Games in Tokyo
The Canarian, who wanted to end her sports career this season, visited the microphones of El Partidazo de COPE, where she did not hesitate to express her wish for the next season and her retirement plan.
“If I had to say one place, I would always have been very excited to retire in Madrid or Roland Garros, but I know it will be very difficult because I can’t get to those dates.”
That summer, when the Olympics were canceled, it hurt me a lot. Now I’m thinking of relaxing or being there. It’s a personal goal that I’ve set myself, a goal that I had to be good at.
It gets complicated because I have a protected ranking and can’t move from there. So it will be my teammates and rivals who will classify me with this ranking or not ”, explained the Canarian tennis player who applied for the protected ranking. So she is the 68th in the world.
