{"id":219750,"date":"2016-06-04T15:57:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T15:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=219750"},"modified":"2016-06-04T15:57:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T15:57:33","slug":"french-open-2016-garbine-muguruza-upsets-serena-williams-to-win-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/french-open-2016-garbine-muguruza-upsets-serena-williams-to-win-title\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open 2016: Garbine Muguruza upsets Serena Williams to win title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spain’s Garbine Muguruza beat world number one Serena Williams in straight sets to win her first Grand Slam title at the French Open.<\/p>\n

Fourth seed Muguruza won 7-5 6-4 to make amends for losing last year’s Wimbledon final against Williams.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old is Spain’s first female champion at Roland Garros since Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in 1998.<\/p>\n

Williams, 34, had hoped to win a 22nd Grand Slam singles title and tie Steffi Graf’s Open-era record.<\/p>\n

“I’m so, so excited – to play in a Grand Slam against one of the best players, it’s the perfect final,” Muguruza said.<\/p>\n

“I’m so happy. I had to be very ready and concentrated on all the points and just to fight as much as I can.<\/p>\n

“All the matches I’ve played against her helped me. It’s our favourite tournament in Spain and I want to thank all my Spanish supporters.”<\/p>\n

Muguruza wins power game<\/b><\/p>\n

Williams had reached the final despite reportedly struggling with a thigh problem, but she began in terrific form, moving freely as she made the early running.<\/p>\n

It was all Muguruza could do to hang on, a forehand and an ace seeing off early break points, and it was Williams who faltered first by dropping serve with a double fault at 2-2.<\/p>\n

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With both players hitting huge groundstrokes and vying for control of the rallies, Williams looked to have gained the upper hand with three games in a row taking her 5-4 in front.<\/p>\n

However, Muguruza played a nerveless service game to stay in the set and then clinched it with some wonderful hitting down both tram lines.<\/p>\n

The second set began with three breaks of serve but it was still Muguruza who was dictating, another stunning forehand into the corner moving her into a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n

Muguruza was prepared to concede double-faults – her tally ending up at nine – to keep Williams at bay on her second serve and it proved a successful tactic.<\/p>\n

Williams could not fashion a break point in the latter stages of the second set and did well to fend off four match points on her own serve in game nine.<\/p>\n

Muguruza remained rock solid, however, finally converting on her own serve with a lob that caught both players by surprise, before the Spaniard fell to the clay in celebration.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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