The Japanese Naomi osaka was crowned in the Australian Open, the first big title of the year. The czech Barbora Krejcikova, on Roland Garros. The australian Ashleigh barty, on Wimbledon. The british Emma raducanu, at US Open. The Switzerland Belinda Bencic, in the Tokyo Olympics. And, finally, the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza, in the WTA Finals. The six great trophies of 2021 have been distributed to six different tennis players from six different countries. The obvious proof of the enormous equality that reigns in the women’s circuit. At the close of the season, Spain He has taken a fat piece of the cake. It had two bullets. One, that of Paula Badosa, which asks for passage between the greats. And another, Muguruza, who already knew what it was like to be among the greats, but he still had to find his way back. It has done. Garbiñe fasten the course with three more tournaments in his record, something he had never achieved, and with the title of teacher, the first individual for a Spanish tennis player. By the way, he joins the world number three, a good springboard to start the reconquest of number one, to return to the throne where he already sat in 2017.
Muguruza came to this end of teachers with two contradictory precedents before Anett Kontaveit. Three days before, right here in Guadalajara Mexico), the Spanish had achieved a solvent victory: 6-4 and 6-4. A month ago, in MoscowIt was Estonia who prevailed with overwhelming ease: 6-1 and 6-1. Symbolically, they are the two faces of Garbiñe in his career, capable of the best and the worst. It was necessary to check what would be the face that would appear in the game for the title. It looked like it was going to be his best version, which was the one that had been seen all week, but had to be signed on the track. And he did. Muguruza has regained confidence, the game … AND the champion look. It is the best way to end the campaign. Now he has a year on the horizon to endorse his progression. With an illustrious past behind and a bright future ahead. The reconquest has begun.