Garbine Muguruza: I’m Happy People See Me As The Favorite To Win The US Open
Garbine Muguruza is shying away from the fact that in this tumultuous year on the women’s tour, she’s emerged as the front-runner to win the US Open.
The 23-year-old just picked up her fifth career title crushing Simona Halep 61, 60 in the Cincinnati final.
“It’s normal, I guess, when people say that,” Muguruza said Sunday. “They always say, you know, when somebody is playing well, they always put a list of favorites of the list, and they go, like, This one is the favorite. So I understand. I think it’s normal.
“I’m happy that people see me as a favorite, but not always happens that you win a tournament before and then you go and win a Grand Slam, for sure, or you lose first round, bad result, and then you go and win.
“So I’m just happy I’m going to go with a lot of matches and confidence. I’d rather this than not having it. We’ll see after.”
Muguruza, though, has never done well at the US Open with just a 2-4 record failing to reach the third round in all four previous appearances.
“I want to change that. Because is a tournament I want to play, a kind of scenario I like, everything that I like is there,” she said. “I want to find the recipe maybe this year, maybe that I have a little bit more confidence or is going maybe better, or, I don’t know.”
But after as a second Grand Slam, she’s got a new attitude.
“I think I’m more relaxed,” she said. “I don’t know if ‘relaxed’ is the word, but I know that maybe I get used to that, maybe, you know, because it was a little bit different situation for me, so I feel like right now it’s helping me rather than maybe holding me back, like it did a little bit last year.
“So that’s something that I really wanted to change from last year and improve that. Yeah, I’m taking a good path there.”
While she moved up to only No. 3 in the WTA rankings, the No. 1 ranking is up for grabs in New York.
“All I want is to win the tournaments,” she added. “It motivates me always. And that’s going to be a consequence. If I keep playing like this, sooner or later I guess I will be, I don’t know. I hope so. But, no, it’s not here yet like that.”
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