The Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza, third in the world ranking, leads the group of players confirmed for the Open de Tennis de Monterrey that will take place in that city in northern Mexico from April 2 to 8.
Muguruza, champion at Wimbledom last year and Roland Garros in 2016, will be the first favorite of the tournament to be played on hard court and will have a prize pool of $ 226,750, of which the champion will win 43,000.
«Definitely, the presence of Garbiñe dresses; She has been there on other occasions and she was always happy. He likes Monterrey and here he will have the conditions to show his best tennis«Hernán Garza, director of the competition, told Efe on Tuesday.
Garza confirmed the presence of the Spanish and three other figures among the top 50 rackets of the WTA: the Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova (17), semifinalist at Wimbledon 2017; the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (23), four-time champion in Monterrey, and the Hungarian Timea Babos (43), this year’s champion of the Taiwan Open.
The Monterrey Open began to be held in 2009 and since then it has been won by six different players: Marion Bartoli (2009), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (2010, 2011, 2013 and 2017), Timea Babos (2012), Ana Ivanovic (2014) , Timea Bacsinszky (2015) and Heather Watson (2016).
From them will return this year the Russian Pavlyuchenkova, who will defend the title achieved by beating the German Angelique Kerber last year 6-4, 2-6, 6-1; the French Bartoli and the Hungarian Babos.
Bartoli, 33, was a champion at Wimbledom in 2013 and will use the Monterrey tournament as part of her return to the circuit after a five-year absence, while Babos hopes to maintain her good start to the season after the victory in Taiwan.
The Puerto Rican Mónica Puig, Olympic champion of Rio de Janeiro 2016, will be the main Latin American hope. The Caribbean woman was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Acapulco Open and in Monterrey she will look for a performance that allows her to improve her 83rd place in the ranking.
The Romanian Monica Niculescu, 71 of the world, the Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (135) and the German Sabine Lisicki (157), finalist in Wimbledom 2009, are other confirmed in the main draw of the tournament to which some players from high level, according to Hernán Garza. EFE
Muguruza, champion at Wimbledom last year and Roland Garros in 2016, will be the first favorite of the tournament to be played on hard court and will have a prize pool of $ 226,750, of which the champion will win 43,000.
«Definitely, the presence of Garbiñe dresses; She has been there on other occasions and she was always happy. He likes Monterrey and here he will have the conditions to show his best tennis«Hernán Garza, director of the competition, told Efe on Tuesday.
Garza confirmed the presence of the Spanish and three other figures among the top 50 rackets of the WTA: the Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova (17), semifinalist at Wimbledon 2017; the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (23), four-time champion in Monterrey, and the Hungarian Timea Babos (43), this year’s champion of the Taiwan Open.
The Monterrey Open began to be held in 2009 and since then it has been won by six different players: Marion Bartoli (2009), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (2010, 2011, 2013 and 2017), Timea Babos (2012), Ana Ivanovic (2014) , Timea Bacsinszky (2015) and Heather Watson (2016).
From them will return this year the Russian Pavlyuchenkova, who will defend the title achieved by beating the German Angelique Kerber last year 6-4, 2-6, 6-1; the French Bartoli and the Hungarian Babos.
Bartoli, 33, was a champion at Wimbledom in 2013 and will use the Monterrey tournament as part of her return to the circuit after a five-year absence, while Babos hopes to maintain her good start to the season after the victory in Taiwan.
The Puerto Rican Mónica Puig, Olympic champion of Rio de Janeiro 2016, will be the main Latin American hope. The Caribbean woman was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Acapulco Open and in Monterrey she will look for a performance that allows her to improve her 83rd place in the ranking.
The Romanian Monica Niculescu, 71 of the world, the Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (135) and the German Sabine Lisicki (157), finalist in Wimbledom 2009, are other confirmed in the main draw of the tournament to which some players from high level, according to Hernán Garza. EFE