Carla Suarez Navarro could return home to a hero’s welcome…
The 25-year-old Spanish tennis player rallied from one set down to beat Klara Zakopalova 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, giving Spain a 2-1 lead over the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals as their postponed Fed Cup series picked up on Monday.
Suarez overcame a poor start to beat a tiring opponent as Zakopalova was forced to come out earlier Monday to finish her singles match against Maria Torro-Flor.
Zakopalova won that one 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 to close out a match that had been postponed in the second set on Sunday.
Rain wreaked havoc on the series all weekend but gave way to sun on Monday, though gusty wind played a factor on the clay court.
Silvia Soler-Espinosa can clinch a Spanish victory in the best-of-five series with a singles win over Lucie Safarova in the fourth singles match.
Carla Suarez Navarro is still in the hunt at the Brazil Cup… The 25-year-old Spanish tennis player, the tournaments top seed, defeated Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens 6-3, 7-6 (2) to reach the quarterfinals of the Brazil Cup on Wednesday. Both players broke serve twice in the final set, but Navarro dominated…
Garbine Muguruza is one step closer to reaching the Brazilian Cup finals… The 20-year-old Venezuelan-Spanish rising tennis star defeated qualifier Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-3 to reach the semifinals at the tournament taking place in Florianopolis, Brazil. Muguruza, the tournament’s No. 2 seed, will next will…
It’s another first for Garbine Muguruza… The 20-year-old half-Spanish-half-Venezuelan tennis player, who reached her first-ever Grand Slam quarterfinals at the French Open earlier this month, has been seeded No. 27 at this year’s Wimbledon. All eyes will certainly be on Muguruza, currently ranked a career-high No. 27 in the world, following…