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Frequent player Garbine Muguruza doesn't want to take everything with her

Garbine Muguruza , finalist of the Australian Open 2020, originally planned with a full calendar until the beginning of the US Open. And apparently has now canceled her participation in the WTA tournament in Kentucky.

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Garbine Muguruza has a strict program ahead of it
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Garbine Muguruza has a strict program ahead of it

If Garbine Muguruza needed additional information about how to go off as a champion at the US Open, she has surely obtained it from her temporary training partner Stan Wawrinka . The winner of New York in 2016 and the Spaniard, who had previously been successful at the French Open and Wimbledon, had last practiced together in Geneva.

In fact, the Spaniard has always had a hard time at Flushing Meadows and has never even come close to winning. The same had been said of the Australian Open - and Muguruza was known to be in the final at the beginning of the year. This move into the final came as surprising as the defeat against Sofia Kenin that followed.

Muguruza relies on mental strength

With regard to the tight schedule, Muguruza now has only one motto: full attack. "I plan to play the US hard court tournaments in preparation for the US Open and also the clay court tournaments, if the situation permits," said the Spaniard in an interview with EFE. That would originally have meant starts in Lexington, at the Cincinnati tournament transferred to New York, the US Open, and then also in Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros. A tight program. But that at least at the beginning is relieved: On Tuesday it was announced that the Spaniard would not start in Lexington.

However, "Mental toughness will be the key for the players when they return," Muguruza said. “It becomes a question of resilience and mental strength. Whoever is stronger in it will have the easiest way to triumph. ”

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