Garbine Muguruza

Tennis Feb 14, 2021

Naomi Osaka fights back from the brink to reach quarterfinals

The world No. 3 saved two match points as she battled for a three-set win against over in-form Garbine Muguruza.

Tennis Feb 5, 2021

Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin crashes as warm-ups resume

A teary-eyed Sofia Kenin lost a repeat of last year's Australian Open final against Garbine Muguruza as warm-up tournaments for the Grand Slam resumed Friday after the latest coronavirus scare. World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty grinded out a tough win over Shelby Rogers but fourth-ranked ...

More Sports / Tennis Aug 17, 2018

Angelique Kerber set to compete in Toray Pan Pacific Open

Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber of Germany will play in September's Toray Pan Pacific Open, organizers announced Friday. Kerber, currently ranked fourth in the world, will be joined by two other former world No. 1 players, Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic and Spain's Garbine Muguruza. ...

More Sports / Tennis Jul 3, 2018

Reigning women's champ Garbine Muguruza, men's No. 24 seed Kei Nishikori among first-round winners at Wimbledon

Defending women's champion Garbine Muguruza booked a place in the second round with a 6-2, 7-5 victory on Tuesday over British wildcard Naomi Broady at Wimbledon. The two-time Grand Slam champion needed 88 minutes to see off world No. 138 Broady on Centre Court. "I'm back, ...

More Sports / Tennis Sep 23, 2017

Wozniacki storms into final

by Andrew McKirdy

Caroline Wozniacki ended Garbine Muguruza's honeymoon as world No. 1 in clinical fashion with a 6-2, 6-0 win on Saturday to book her place in the Toray Pan Pacific Open final against unseeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Wimbledon champion Muguruza went into this week's tournament in ...

More Sports / Tennis Sep 18, 2017

Muguruza reveling in No. 1 status ahead of Pan Pacific Open

by Shintaro Kano

Reigning Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza on Monday did not hold back her joy at becoming world No. 1 in women's tennis. The 23-year-old last week topped the WTA rankings for the first time, becoming the second woman from Spain to achieve the feat, after four-time ...

More Sports / Tennis Sep 23, 2016

Osaka bests Sasnovich, advances to semifinals

by Andrew McKirdy

Rising teenage star Naomi Osaka reached her first-ever semifinal on the WTA Tour after conquering her demons in a 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) win over Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich at the Pan Pacific Open on Friday. Eighteen-year-old Osaka, who toppled world No. 12 Dominika Cibulkova in ...

More Sports / Tennis Sep 19, 2016

World No. 3 Muguruza ready to 'put everything on barbecue' at Pan Pacific Open

by Gus Fielding

Spain's world No. 3 Garbine Muguruza is relishing the prospect of getting revenge on Anastasija Sevatsova at the Pan Pacific Open and vowed on Monday to put "everything on the barbecue" for the final swing of the WTA Tour. As the top seed, French Open ...

More Sports / Tennis Oct 30, 2015

Muguruza, Radwanska reach last four at WTA Finals

Garbine Muguruza continued her dream debut at the WTA Finals by completing round- robin play with a perfect 3-0 record to advance to the semifinals after a hard-fought 6-4. 4-6 ,7-5 victory over Petra Kvitova on Friday. By topping the White Group, the Spaniard set ...