Muguruza Defeats Samantha Stosur to Reach Her First-Ever French Open Final

Garbiñe Muguruza is one step away from claiming her first Grand Slam title… 

The 22-year-old Spanish/Venezuelan tennis player annihilated Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-4 to reach the final at the French Open, her second Grand Slam final in less than a year.

Garbiñe Muguruza 

Muguruza was in outstanding form right from the get-go, racing to a 4-0 lead in the opening set before serving it out inside half an hour.

She broke again at the start of the second set, and despite Stosur breaking back she kept on taking the Australian’s serve apart to wrap up the win.

“I played very well until I led 5-2 in the second set and then she stepped up a gear and I became a bit nervous,” said Muguruza, who is looking to become the first Spanish woman to to lift the trophy at Roland Garros since Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1998. “Emotions sometimes can be bad.”

Muguruza was seeded fourth going into the tournament, that seeding based largely on the rankings points she won by making it to her first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon last year.

She next faces Serena Williams, the woman she faced in the women’s final at Wimbledon. And, while it may seem like a daunting task getting past the World No. 1, Muguruza did defeat Williams at the French Open in 2014.

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