The Wimbledon Women's finals did not live up to the expectations of the final as it was pretty one sided game. Spain's Garbiñe Muguruza outclassed the five time Wimbledon champion-Venus Williams with a bagel in the final set, Muguruza won the match 7-5,6-0.
Here are 15 facts you need to know about the champion.
Here are 15 facts you need to know about the champion.
Yes!!!! pic.twitter.com/evqTlwOaRf— Garbiñe Muguruza (@GarbiMuguruza) July 15, 2017
Holds dual citizenship
- She wasn't born in Spain, but in Caracas, Venezuela on 8th October 1993 to a Spain father and Venezuelan mother.
- She moved to Spain in 1999.
- She chose to represent Spain in the championships.
She started her training at the age of three.
- She started very early at the age of three. She was then trained at an academy near Barcelona.
- Her first main draw appearance came in 2012.
- She was given a wildcard at Miami open.
- She went on to beat Vera Zvonareva, the world no.2 that time and Flavia Pennetta before losing to Agnieszka Radwanska.
She defeated Serena Williams at the French Open not once but twice.
- She defeated Serena in the second round of the 2014 French Open.
- She was only 20 years old back then.
She became the first Spanish woman since 1998 to win the French Open.
- She was 22-year-old when she won the title.
- It was Sanchez-Vicario who was the French open 19 years back.
First person to beat both the William sisters in the Grandslam finals.
- 2016 French Open- Serena Williams
- 2017 Wimbledon- Venus Williams
- Both her wins came in straight sets.
She is Superstitious!
- She once asked her parents not to come to her matches. It happened during 2015 Wimbledon where she was on a winning streak and she doesn't want to change any routines.
- She got off the bed with the same leg, she brushed her teeth at the same time during the tournament since she didn't want to change anything.
She played tennis because of her brothers.
- Muguruza has two brothers- Igor and Asier.
- They were her inspiration. Now, they gave up tennis and have traditional jobs.
- Igor-Economist, Asier-Engineer.
- They played for Venezuela while Muguruza chose Spain.
- They were the reason why the family moved as the Spain has better opportunities in tennis.
Fulfilled her family dreams.
- Since her brothers gave up tennis, she was the last hope for the family.
- She says that she fulfilled her family dream of becoming a tennis professional just by playing the game for fun.
She is one of the tallest players.
- She is one of the tallest players in the circuit.
- She stands 6 feet tall.
She relaxes by cooking.
- She loves to cook especially desserts.
- Oreo Brownie is her favorite.
She almost ended with cooking disaster at the Wimbledon this year.
- She was cooking red meat. While doing the nice steaks, there was huge smoke and the fire alarm was right under where she was cooking.
She accused the French crowd as "disrespectful"
Muguruza 41 days ago. Impossible to stress how much the FO title burdened her, impossible to stress how quickly tennis players must move on. pic.twitter.com/Es5PR7le1P— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) July 15, 2017
- The local star Kiki Mladenovic ended her title defense this year, she was in tears and accused the crowd as "disrespectful"
- During her tearful press conference, her coach Sam Sumyk described the crowd as pathetic.
She becomes the second player Spanish woman to win the Wimbledon.
- Conchita Martinez was the first player.
- Martinez also joined the team of Muguruza filling in for Sam Sumyk who has missed this year's Wimbledon due to his wife's pregnancy.
Doubles player.
- She is also a good doubles player as well with 5 titles in her 10 finals.
- She plays doubles with her country mate and good friend Carla Suarez Navarro.
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