Garbiñe Muguruza says she will skip French Open, Wimbledon
The Hindu
Garbiñe Muguruza is going to skip the French Open and Wimbledon — the sites of her two Grand Slam titles — during an extended break from tennis.
Garbiñe Muguruza is going to skip the French Open and Wimbledon — the sites of her two Grand Slam titles — during an extended break from tennis.
The former No. 1-ranked woman hasn’t played a match on tour since January 30 and is 0-4 so far this year. She wrote in an Instagram post on April 3 that she will miss the entire clay-court and grass-court portions of the season.
“Spending time with my family and friends and it’s really been healthy and amazing so I am going to lengthen this period till summer,” Ms. Muguruza said.
She added: “Thanks for all the lovely messages and will be updating you guys.”
The 29-year-old Spaniard won the French Open in 2016 — beating Serena Williams in the final — and Wimbledon in 2017 — beating Venus Williams in the final.
Ms. Muguruza also was the runner-up at Wimbledon in 2015 and the Australian Open in 2020.
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.