#4 Garbine Muguruza ousted from the Open
Third-seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain, who was the runner up at Wimbledon last year, having lost to World No. 1 Serena Williams, was up against Czech ace Barbora Strycova, in a match most would have expected the Spaniard to win.
In each of the two previous times the pair had met, Muguruza had taken convincing straight sets victories over her rival.
Seeded the highest she has ever been at a Grand Slam, Muguruza breezed past Annett Kontaveit in the 1st round, taking a 6-0, 6-4 victory over the Estonian in 60 minutes.
After this, she took care of experienced Belgian Kirsten Flipkens, beating her in straight sets as well, 6-4, 6-2. Muguruza had been the cynosure of all eyes, considering she has been tipped by many as a future No. 1 player; and the fact that she had been one of the few standing as several women’s seeds crashed and burned.
At the match against Strycova, however, Muguruza was broken four times, dropping serve as the 48th ranked Strycova steamrolled her 6-3, 6-2.
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