Muguruza canters into French Open third round
Spain’s Garbine Muguruza in action during her second round match against Sweden’s Johanna Larsson at the French Open at Roland Garros, May 29, 2019. — Reuters pic
The Spaniard, seeded 19th, was kept on her toes in the opening set before motoring on in the second on Court Suzanne Lenglen. “I tried to build points a bit more instead of hitting very hard and trying to get a winner,” the 25-year-old, who also won Wimbledon in 2017, told reporters. She will face Svitolina after the ninth seed advanced without hitting a ball today when her opponent, fellow Ukrainian Kateryna Kozlova, withdrew from the tournament due to a viral infection, which at first was thought to be intercostal pain.
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