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Muguruza downs Kontaveit to become Spain’s first champion
Updated On: 19 November, 2021 08:04 AM IST | Guadalajara (Mexico) | AFP
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario was the only other Spanish player to reach the WTA Finals championship match, falling to German great Steffi Graf in 1993 at Madison Square Garden in New York
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Spain’s Garbine Muguruza with the WTA Finals trophy on Thursday; (right) Anett Kontaveit. Pics/AFP
Former World No. 1 Garbine Muguruza beat Anett Kontaveit 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday to become the first Spaniard to win the elite season-ending WTA Finals in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Muguruza, 28, winner of the 2016 French Open and 2017 Wimbledon titles, capped a 2021 campaign that saw her return to the highest level with titles in Dubai and Chicago after three years outside of the top 10. She is projected to end the year at number three in the world.
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