31/05/2021 – 21:26 Updated: 05/31/2021 – 21:30
The Spanish tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza could not overcome for the first time in his career the first round of the Roland Garros tournament, when she was defeated this Monday by the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, which gave him no options and won 6-1 and 6-4 in one hour and 29 minutes.
The 2016 winner, twelfth seeded, had never lost in the first round in his eight previous appearances at the clay court Grand Slam. Physically depleted (she required medical assistance), the Spaniard could hardly compete against the number 81 of the ranking.
Defeat is the culmination of a bad season on clay, in which the Hispanic-Venezuelan has not had good results due to physical problems. He was unable to play the Madrid Masters last month after injuring himself at the Left thigh: a preventive measure that initially would allow him to arrive in Paris with more options to have a good tournament. Finally, Muguruza has had almost no opportunity against the Slavic tennis player, who domino most phases of the encounter.
40 unforced errors
The Spanish woman committed 40 unforced errors and only hit 9 winners against Kostyuk, very solid from the background track. Her next rival will come out of the duel between the Spanish Sara Sorribes and the Chinese Saisai Zheng.
Some back problems reduce the game of @GarbiMuguruza . Far from the tennis offered in the first third of the year. It’s time to recover. Mugu [12] cede 6/1 6/4 ante Kostyuk #let’s go mug #RG2021 pic.twitter.com/GQHczuW8Nm
– Garbiñe Muguruza world (@Muguruza_world) May 31, 2021
