The Spanish tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza decided that she will no longer compete for the remainder of 2022.
Garbiñe Muguruza he retired on his debut in the San Diego WTA 500 when he fell to china Qinwen Zheng by 5 to 0 for stomach pains. After analyzing many questions, the Spanish made the decision not to play any more tournaments in the remainder of 2022 and to think about the next season.
In this way, the 29-year-old tennis player will not play the important tournaments of the Guadalajara WTA 1000 nor will he defend his title in the WTA Finals. In this way, Muguruza says goodbye to a season in which he did not find regularity, won few games (12) and accumulated a number of defeats (17), without reaching a semifinal, much less a final in any tournament. In addition, a sum of injuries that prevented him from playing 100%. Unable to defend her crown in the finals, Garbiñe will start the season outside the Top 40, dropping more than 30 positions in her ranking.
Muguruza: a year to forget
Garbiñe Muguruza began his season on tour in Oceania, making a good performance in the quarterfinals of the Sydney. Next, he debuted in the Australian Openhowever, a huge Alize Cornet showed him the exit on the second wheel. A month later, the Spanish continued its course in the Middle East. There, she had a bad start in Dubaibut then reached the quarterfinals in Doha. Four weeks later, she traveled to USA for the WTA 1000. But, after falling in his debut in the second round against Alison Riske in Indian Wellsa right shoulder injury forced her not to show up at the Miami Open.
On his return to Europe for the tour prior to Roland Garroswas fired in the second round of the WTA 1000 Madrid and Romeand in the WTA 250 Rabat. Already in Paris, he had a hard blow against Kaia Kanepi in first round. A week later, in berlin he had a misstep when he fell at his premiere. He then won a match, but continued to find no regularity and did not advance. To end the grass season, he had another misstep by saying goodbye early in Wimbledon.
In her last four tournaments, Muguruza fell in the third round of the WTA 1000 de Toronto and it seemed that it recovered level. However, in Cincinnati, Rybakina passed her over. In the US Open the former World No.1 started well by winning her first two rounds, but again left doubts and left in the third. Prior to her last tournament, in Tokyo did a good job and was among the top eight. Finally, she retired in the first round of San Diego.