Garbine Muguruza gives fantastic news to her fans as she confirmed her participation in the upcoming Us Open. The Spanish sensation was suddenly sidelined by an ankle injury to renounce playing the Western & Southern Open. The former world no.1 confirmed that she was 100% committed to playing the American slam if fit, and now she announces that she is going to play to new York and challenge the likes of Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka and Karolina Pliskova for the title.
Garbine Muguruza in 2020
Ranked world no.16, the Spaniard played her last match on the 27th of February when she was defeated by Ashleigh Barty 6-1 6-74 6-2 in the quarter in Doha.
Garbine Muguruza’s best result of this season was reaching the final at the Australian Open where she really impressed with her tennis before stumbling against a superlative Sofia Kenin in the final. Despite her ranking, Garbine can definitely be considered among the top favorites to win the American slam.
Serena Williams in New York, ranking, and results in 2020
Currently ranked no.9, Serena has a 11-3 win-loss record in 2020. The American is currently having a run in New York where she beat Arantxa Rus 7-66 3-6 7-60.
Serena Williams will play Sakkari in the 3rd round. They have never played each so far on the main tour.
Serena conquered 1 title in 2020 in Auckland.
Serena won 73 titles in her career: 43 on hard courts, 13 on clay courts, 7 on indoor courts, 2 on carpet courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Garbine Muguruza and Serena Williams played each other 6 times. The head to head is 3-3. The last time that they competed against each other, Garbine Muguruza won 6-3 1-0 ret. in the 3rd round in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open) in March 2019.
Osaka in New York, ranking, and results in 2020
Ranked world no.10, the Japanese has a 6-3 win-loss record in 2020. Osaka is now playing in New York where she toppled Karolina Muchova 6-75 6-4 6-2.
Naomi Osaka will come up against Yastremska in the 3rd round. They have never played each so far on the main tour.
The Japanese won 5 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)
Karolina Pliskova in 2020
Now ranked no.3, Karolina played her last match on the 23rd of August when she was overcome by Veronika Kudermetova 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in New York.
During this season Pliskova has a 8-4 win-loss record. Pliskova conquered 1 title in Brisbane.
Naomi Osaka and Karolina Pliskova played each other 5 times. The head to head is 3-2 for Pliskova. The last time that they played, Karolina Pliskova won 6-710 7-63 6-2 in the semifinal in Brisbane (Brisbane International) on the 11th of January 2020.
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