Karolina Muchova gave the surprise by beating Garbiñe Muguruza.
Although the Spanish tennis player is not at her best and was not a big favorite, she was expected to concentrate and give the fight. But it was the opposite, the Spanish suffers its worst defeat in Grand Slam to yield to 202 in the world, the Czech Karolina Muchova, a rookie from the previous phase.
The result of the match was 3-6, 6-4 and 6-4 in 2 hours and 27 minutes. This result confirms the delicate moment that Muguruza is going through, in crisis since he made the semifinals at Roland Garros. Muguruza, former number one of the WTA, never thought he would end up losing after starting with a 5-0 match.
Karolina Muchova will always remember this match, where she defeated one of the big. Muchová has a record of singles in the WTA of 179 in the singles ranking reached on July 23, 2018. and then beat Muguruza was very excited and told the media that "This has been my big moment in a great stadium" , after the match ends the 22-year-old player. "I was playing at a rhythm and somehow I managed to do it, even though I do not even know how I did it," said the Slovak. Now he must face Ashleigh Barty, seeded No. 18, in the third round.
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