Muguruza moves past Broady
Tuesday - July 3, 2018 9:58 pm ,
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Muguruza moves past Broady
Wimbledon July 3 (IANS) World No.3 Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain began her defence of the Wimbledon title on Tuesday with a comfortable 6-2 7-5 victory over Britain s Naomi Broady.
Tuesday s first-round match marks the start of Muguruza s campaign to become the sixth woman in the Open Era to win two back-to-back Wimbledon titles reports Efe.
"I m thinking to win and to actually enjoy this time more " Muguruza said following the match which lasted one hour and 28 minutes.
"I m pretty happy with my serve and controlling the emotions - to be back in a Grand Slam is always difficult so I m excited with the way I m playing " Muguruza said after defeating Brody world No. 138.
Muguruza is scheduled to square off against Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium world No. 47 who defeated Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-2 6-2.
Britain s Johanna Konta world No. 24 and Slovakia s Dominika Cibulkova world No. 33 both won their first-round matches and are set to face off in the second round.
Konta eliminated world No.103 Natalia Vikhlyantseva of Russia 7-5 7-6 (9-7) in one hour and 47 minutes while Cibulkova needed one hour and 45 minutes to beat world No.44 Alize Cornet of France 7-6 (7-3) 6-1.
In other Wimbledon action Spain s Lara Arruabarrena upset Ana Bogdan of Romania 6-1 3-6 8-6.
The world No.88 needed two hours and six minutes to defeat her world No.59 opponent and heads the tournament s second round for the third time in her career.
Arruabarrena is set to take on world No.48 Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan who earned an upset victory of her own on Tuesday after knocking out world No. 29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-4 4-6 6-3.
--IANS pur/vm
Tuesday s first-round match marks the start of Muguruza s campaign to become the sixth woman in the Open Era to win two back-to-back Wimbledon titles reports Efe.
"I m thinking to win and to actually enjoy this time more " Muguruza said following the match which lasted one hour and 28 minutes.
"I m pretty happy with my serve and controlling the emotions - to be back in a Grand Slam is always difficult so I m excited with the way I m playing " Muguruza said after defeating Brody world No. 138.
Muguruza is scheduled to square off against Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium world No. 47 who defeated Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-2 6-2.
Britain s Johanna Konta world No. 24 and Slovakia s Dominika Cibulkova world No. 33 both won their first-round matches and are set to face off in the second round.
Konta eliminated world No.103 Natalia Vikhlyantseva of Russia 7-5 7-6 (9-7) in one hour and 47 minutes while Cibulkova needed one hour and 45 minutes to beat world No.44 Alize Cornet of France 7-6 (7-3) 6-1.
In other Wimbledon action Spain s Lara Arruabarrena upset Ana Bogdan of Romania 6-1 3-6 8-6.
The world No.88 needed two hours and six minutes to defeat her world No.59 opponent and heads the tournament s second round for the third time in her career.
Arruabarrena is set to take on world No.48 Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan who earned an upset victory of her own on Tuesday after knocking out world No. 29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-4 4-6 6-3.
--IANS pur/vm
