Rafael Nadal’s uncle, who coaches the tennis star, says says Garbine Muguruza will be his mixed doubles partner in Rio.
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World No. 2 Garbine Mugurza’s thoughts of challenging Serena Williams for the world No. 1 spot got reset on Thursday when the Spaniard was stunned in the second round at Wimbledon by unseeded Slovak Jana Cepelova 6-3, 6-2. The Slovakian defeated No. 3 seed Simona Halep in the first round past year at Wimbledon, and beat top-ranked Williams in 2014.
“I think my energy was missing a little bit today”, she told reporters.
Cepelova lost just five points in the first four games of the second set, quickly rolling to a 4-0 lead and pretty much coasting to the victory. He reached the final at Queen’s prior to the start of Wimbledon, losing to Andy Murray in the final.
Revealing the nature of their tour, their names bob up and down, excellent players all, appearing in big finals and then returning to the great-big muddle of more anonymous excellence. It’s back to the drawing board for the world No. 2. Muguruza was the ninth successive first-time women’s champion to fail to reach the quarter-finals of the following Grand Slam.
“But, hey, that’s what it takes [to win more], so I’ve got to be ready”. Everyone’s playing well. Everybody plays really well.
“It wasn’t an easy match”.
A little dip goes a long way down, and Muguruza, 22, guessed she might have done too much after the breakthrough of winning the French.
British player Dan Evans beat 30th-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, 6-1. So I’m trying to discover how I’m going to feel, how do I have to go on court, how do I have to rest more.
“I’m sure that the WTA supervisors have done their best to try to make the schedule equal”.
“You’re disgusting, you know what you did”.
“I have beaten some great players and I’m very satisfied with this”. “I played really well and I didn’t expect it, these two sets, and I’m so happy”, she said. “You can not go out there not at your best”. “Today and also a year ago my performance on big court was pretty good”.
His third-round opponent will be sixth-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic, who hit 25 aces in a 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2 win over Andreas Seppi. “I went down a break early and there were a lot of close games. I think I played today well”, Cepelova said.
The 19-year-old seventh seed put on an impressive display to defeat Tsvetana Pironkova on Centre Court on Wednesday, but was unable to play on through a wrist issue one day later. “I feel empty a little bit”. “I beat Halep there. I stepped onto the court with confidence and I believed in myself on every point”.
American Sloane Stephens returned to finish her first-round match against China’s Shuai Peng. I think if all players have to play outside, all players should have to play outside. I would not change that.
Q. Could you imagine a five time male champion being on an outside court? “They’re all loose because they don’t have anything to lose”, the 22-year-old said. But I like that. But I had such a good performance because I have four matches behind me on grass. “Hopefully, my consistency will improve and I’ll be able to be deep in all the tournaments”.
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