Only Garbiñe Muguruza knows what she is going through. From the outside, just a few numbers appear, which only provide that, data on a scoreboard with which it is very difficult to explain anything other than what has happened on a tennis court. In 2022, last win in September, twelve wins in 29 games and seven first rounds –Roland Garros y Wimbledon included- whose streak has continued at the beginning of 2023 with two more, since it has not surpassed the debut in either of the two Adelaide tournaments. But only she knows what goes on in her head.
«She is suffering a time of difficult results, she is not finding herself. She has given a lot to Spanish tennis and to herself and now she is the one who has to know what she wants from her career. What motivates you, what rewards you? If they are the Grand Slam tournaments, if it is to recover her rhythm. This is the question that I think should be asked. What is it that she needs to feel good, not just to win a Grand Slam, because to win one many other things have to happen. First, feel good, “explains the extenist to ABC Alex Corretja.
A new opportunity to meet again with his best version begins this coming week, although he does not always have to go through good results. Sometimes a good match changes everything. What can you do to break the tonic? «The most important thing will be to identify the thoughts you are having to work on them. When things don’t work out, more time is spent thinking about what we don’t want to happen than devising a different plan so that the answers can be different, “he indicates to this newspaper. Lorraine Cossports psychologist.
It is a difficult negative bubble to burst because even the successes of the past, and Muguruza She has one of the greats, champion of Roland Garros 2016, Wimbledon 2017 and the 2021 Masters Cup, they are sometimes not useful to take flight. This is how Cos explains it: «Although from the outside it is admired, the sport lives in the present and the achievements last seconds, by the time the celebration is over they are already thinking about the next one, if it is not achieved, the above no longer has value. It is common to find athletes who go from feeling the best for winning, to the complete opposite in weeks for losing. Working on emotional management in these cases and strengthening their self-confidence is essential.”
The Australian Open begins, a new opportunity for redemption and a return to confidence, which gives victories and knowing the goal. Take care these days of training with care and luxury sparring partners, such as Iga Swiatek, world number 1, who was Muguruza in September 2017 for four weeks. Today he is 72 in the world, out of the seedings and the pressure that comes with it. He will debut with Elise Mertens and along the way, Aryna Sabalenka, Belinda Bencic appear for the quarterfinals and Ons Jabeur for the semifinals. But first, Muguruza.
Paula Badosa, if he overcomes the physical problems that separated him from the Adelaide Tournament yesterday, he will debut with Catherine McNally, showing Coco Gauff for the round of 16 and Swiatek for the quarterfinals. Nuria Párrizas and Cristina Bucsa are also in the final draw.
