Muguruza joins Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Gauff in Lexington

Garbine Muguruza joins and extremely strong pack in Lexington to finally play her first tournament after the tour has been halted. The local organization has managed to secure a glorious line-up with the participation of the likes of Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Cori Gauff just to name some.

The participating players will take advantage of this event to test their condition after the long hiatus imposed by the pandemic since last March. The tournament will be played from the 10th of August and this is the current line-up.

Entry List WTA Lexington 2020

1. Serena Williams (No.9/USA)
2. Aryna Sabalenka (No.11/BLR)
3. Johanna Konta (No.14/GBR)
4. Garbine Muguruza (No.16/ESP)
5. Amanda Anisimova (No.28/USA)
6. Yulia Putintseva (No.33/KAZ)
7. Magda Linette (No.36/POL)
8. Sloane Stephens (No.37/USA)
9. Onsjabeur (No.39/TUN)
10. Marie Bouzkova (N0.47/CZE)
11. Jennifer Brady (No.48/USA)
12. Heather Watson (No.50/GBR)
13. Coco Gauff (No.52/USA)
14. Alja Tomljanovic (No.56/AUS)
15. Victoria Azarenka (No.58/BEL)

Garbine Muguruza in 2020

At the moment ranked no.16, the Spaniard played her last match on the 27^th of February when she was overcome by Ashleigh Barty 6-1 6-7⁴ 6-2 in the quarter in Doha.

Garbine Muguruza’s most significant result of the current year was reaching the final at the Australian Open.

Serena Williams in 2020

Now the world no.9, Serena played her last match on the 8^th of February when she was defeated by Anastasija Sevastova 7-6⁵ 3-6 7-6⁴ in the Rubber 4 of the Fed Cup.

This season Serena Williams has a 8-2 win-loss record. The American has won 1 title in Auckland.

Garbine Muguruza and Serena Williams played each other 6 times. The head to head is 3-3. The last time that they played each other, Garbine Muguruza won 6-3 1-0 ret. in the 3^rd round in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open) in March 2019.

Venus Williams in 2020

Now ranked no.67, the American played her last match on the 2^nd of March when she lost to Karolina Anna Schmiedlova 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 1^st round in Monterrey.

Cori Gauff in 2020

Now the world no.52, Gauff played her last match on the 26^th of January when she capitulated to Sofia Kenin 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-0 in the 4^th round of the Australian Open.

Venus Williams and Cori Gauff played each other twice. The head to head is 2-0 for Gauff. The last time that they played, Cori Gauff won 7-6⁵ 6-3 in the 1^st round in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 20^th of January 2020.

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