Garbine Muguruza to skip French Open and Wimbledon in extended break: ‘It’s really been healthy and amazing!’

Former world No. 1 Garbine Muguruza has confirmed that she will extend her break from tennis and miss both the clay and the grass-court seasons.

Muguruza, 29, hasn’t played since losing to Czech teenager Linda Noskova 6-1 6-4 in the last 32 of the Lyon Open on January 30.

Writing on Instagram stories, the Spaniard confirmed that she would be extending her break from tennis, and as a result, will miss both the clay and grass-court seasons.

“Spending time with family and friends and it’s really been healthy and amazing, so I am going to lengthen this period till summer,” she explained.

“Therefore, I am going to miss [the] clay and grass season.”

That means that Muguruza will miss both the French Open and Wimbledon, the venues for her two Grand Slam titles.

It also means she will continue to fall down the world rankings. She started 2023 ranked No. 55 in the world, a sharp fall from 2022 when she started the year ranked at No. 3 in the world.

At the time of writing, she has currently fallen to No. 132 in the world.

Robson – Alcaraz’s Miami Open performance ‘scary’ for rest of tour

Laura Robson believes that Carlos Alcaraz’s Miami Open performance level was “insane” and predicted a great rivalry to come with Jannik Sinner.

Sinner was the winner against his Spanish rival at the semi-final stage in Florida, but would go on to be the losing finalist against Daniil Medvedev.

The pair share a 3-3 record in their head-to-head so far, and Alcaraz emerged as the victor in their other meeting this year, another semi-final, at Indian Wells.

Alcaraz is 19 years old, two years younger than Sinner, but he already boasts a No. 1 ranking in his career, and has one Grand Slam – the US Open last year – to his name.

Speaking to Eurosport’s Arnold Montgault, Robson predicted even more to come from the teenager.

She said: “Honestly, Alcaraz’s level in that whole tournament [Miami] was insane.

“I kind of struggle to imagine him improving even more, but he’s just got so much more ability that you feel like he could get to, which is almost the scary part for all of his opponents as he continues to develop as a player because you forget how young he is and how little time he’s really spent on the tour, and yet he’s just outrageous.”

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