BEIJING, China – Garbiñe Muguruza battled past Timea Bacsinszky to win the biggest title of her career at the Premier Mandatory-level China Open on Sunday, and when the new WTA Rankings are released on Monday, the WTA Rising Star will rise to No.4 in the world – and just one point from No.3.
Bacsinszky was having arguably the best tournament of her career. Having come in off of four straight opening round losses at Toronto, Cincinnati, New Haven and the US Open, she caught fire in a big way in the Chinese capital, upsetting Top 8 seeds Carla Suárez Navarro and Ana Ivanovic along the way.
And she came out firing in the final, storming out to an early 5-2 lead – but the No.5-seeded Muguruza has been on fire herself this week, and she won five games in a row to take the first set, then came back from 2-0 down in the second set to close the No.12-seeded Swiss out in straights, 7-5, 6-4.
Muguruza, who just turned 22 a few days ago, is also the youngest player to win a title at this level or higher since a 21-year-old Petra Kvitova captured the WTA Finals crown in Istanbul in 2011.
Garbiñe Muguruza se impuso a Timea Bacsinszky para ganar el mayor titulo de su carrera el Abierto de China, lo que le permitira el lunes ascender al cuarto lugar de las clasificaciones mundiales de la WTA y a un solo punto del tercer lugar.
Bacisinszky venia realizando el mejor torneo de su carrera, despues de haber salido en la primera ronda en los torneos de toronto, Cincinnati, New Havem y US Open, pero en la capital china había superado a carla Suarez y Ana Ivanovic…por lo que no era rival facil para Muguruza quien termino imponiendose con parciales de 7-5 y 6-4.
Muguruza nacido en Venezuela y ciudadana española por su Padre y quien cumplio 22 años hace pocos días, es la jugadora mas joven en ganar un titulo a ese nivel, desde que lo consiguiera en el 2011 Petra Kvitova en Estambul.