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RG R1: (4) Garbiñe Muguruza def. Francesca Schiavone 6-2 6-4

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Ay Garbi.... Phew........
 
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well done, Garbi :yeah: aggressive from the start- a little messier when Francesca upped her level /got more accurate , but a good win in the end

too bad for Fran :awww: that was a brutal draw :sobbing: she didn't deserve to leave the tournament round 1 ... she fought well in the second , too bad she missed BPs at 62 34* IIRC

we'll miss her so much when she's gone..can't you keep playing on more year , please!? :sad:


PS: now Garbiñe had better not flop to Kontaveit or whoever she faces before the QFs at least .
 
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It's truly disgraceful that they drew a former champion in her retirement year against the defending champion. Schiavone could easily have gone deep in another quarter with her recent form.
 
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Bad for tennis.
 
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Some good clean hitting from Garbi here. :yeah: Fran had little to hurt her with today, she was pressured hard on her own serve and kept deep most of the time. No chance to play her own game a lot and could not move Garbine around many times.

Poor Fran, bad way to end her RG career. :hug: But at least she'll always have the memories from 2010-11.
 
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Very good first round from Muguruza who looked really good and focused. Schiavone did well from times to times (from 3-0 to 3-2 in the first and from 2-0 to 3-4 in the second), playing inspired clay court tennis but Muguruza was too much.
 
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Liked what I saw from Mugu. Finally she cares again. She did well against Fran's tricky game.

Pros for Mugu:
Clean hitting off both sides. Better than I've seen all year from her, minus Rome.
Attitute. Finally cares again. Atittude wise she seems to be saying "the FO is mine to lose". Love it.
Tactics. Great to see her come at the net and try to disrupt Fran's game, instead of being a sitting duck behind the baseline.
Not having to see Sumyk on court.

Cons for Mugu:
Net game. What was that? Couldn't even hit one single good volley from what I saw.

Good luck to Fran in future tournaments this year. Hope she'll play Bucharest or another clay tournament after grass season.
As for Mugu. Please play like this more often. Thanks.
indeed, but there were a few good volleys from Garbiñe , though

I expected a better match from Fran, thought she would give her all on court. Big disappointment...
she got frustrated very soon by Garbiñe's aggressive game..
she did what she could to sustain the level of power and ggression in the second , mixed it up quite well and ran quite a lot, lovely touch too at times , but I agree she missed a lot and wasn't totally in from the get-go ... :awww:
 
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Tough draw for Francy, but she did well to get herself back here on her own merit for one last go. She will surely be missed especially on the clay.
 
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Orgasmic tennis-saving result! :drool: Thank you Garbie! :hearts:
 
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Muguruza looked good here, she's always so great to watch in Paris. :yeah:

Still: I rooted for Schiavone because I hoped for a better last French Open for her :hug: It was not meant to be, wish she would have had a better draw. But at least she could play on CC for the last time.
 
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Muguruza looked good here, she's always so great to watch in Paris. :yeah:

Still: I rooted for Schiavone because I hoped for a better last French Open for her :hug: It was not meant to be, wish she would have had a better draw. But at least she could play on CC for the last time.

reminds me of my dear old Conchita who drew Davenport at AO and Henin in the FO for her last season on tour .. gave a good sweat to Henin ..
 
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Garbiñe looked good, but I was impressesed with Kontaveit against Niculescu. Everytime I watch her she only seems to be getting better in every department. Garbi will need to keep a very high level throughout the whole match to win. Certainly she's had the two toughest first rounds of all seeded players.
 
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I wouldn't be surprised if she defended her title.. she looks a different player to the previous part of the year.
 
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