Garbine Muguruza’s Loss Means Her Ascension to Serena’s Successor Must Wait

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Published: July 1, 2016

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A few weeks after Garbine Muguruza ascended to the top of women’s tennis at Paris, she lost her footing at Wimbledon. The No. 2-ranked Spanish star played disastrous tennis in the second round, losing with an epidemic of errors in her 6-3, 6-2 defeat to Jana Cepelova.

So much for dethroning Serena Williams, who is the queen of tennis, and long may she reign.

Much of the talk following Muguruza’s French Open title was that she had defeated Serena with the kind of power and potential that had tennis fans thinking she was ready to rise to the top of the WTA. The French Open final looked like the proverbial passing of the torch, with 34-year-old Serena losing to the 22-year-old Spaniard. Except that it’s not going to happen now, if it does at all.

Was this just a temporary setback, a tough pill for a young champion learning the ropes as one of the favorite stars? Or is Muguruza just another contender who will burst in and out like a bolt of lightning, with plenty of flash but not a lot of staying power?



 

No Muguruza Revolution

Let’s make it clear that Muguruza is an exceptional talent. She’s tall, athletic, strong and can hit 21st-century groundstrokes that could possibly win several majors in the next decade.

She can hit anyone off the court, and she has excitable confidence, saying before her French Open final in ESPN, “She (Serena) and I are players who like dictating the game. There will be moments when she'll be dominating, and maybe at times I will be dominating. I think I can be a tough opponent, too."

Lesser players would have folded the minute they walked out to a major final against Serena, but Muguruza has shown that she has the mentality and strength to back up her talent.

It’s just that one major is only one giant step for the months and years that it takes to become a legendary champio...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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