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Garbine Muguruza Reaches Quarterfinals at the French Open

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Tom Castaneda

Garbine Muguruza hardly broke a sweat in reaching the French Open quarterfinals…

The 24-year-old Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player, a former champion, made the Final Eight at Roland Garros on Monday when her opponent, Lesia Tsurenko, quit after just two games with a leg injury.

Third seed Muguruza, the 2016 champion, was only on court for 20 minutes.

Tsurenko also needed a medical time-out off court after just the first game.

Muguruza next plays two-time champion Maria Sharapova for a place in the semifinals.

Garbine Muguruza Defeats Samantha Stosur to Advance to the Fourth Round at the French Open

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Tom Castaneda

Garbine Muguruza has breezed through to the next round at the French Open.

The 24-year-old Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player and former World No. 1 lost her serve just once to Australian Samantha Stosur in a 6-0, 6-2 rout to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros.

Muguruza, the 2016 French Open champion and three-time semifinalist here, faced no break points in winning the first set in 26 minutes.

Facing three break points in the fourth game of the second set, she served a double fault, allowing Stosur to level at 2-2. But she then rattled off the next four games for the match.

Muguruza next faces 39th-ranked Lesia Tsurenko, who upset 19th-seeded Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova 6-2, 6-4.