Garbinier Mugurus, whose photo adorns the covers of all sports magazines, is today considered one of the strongest tennis players on the planet. The tall, spectacular brunette already has on her account the titles of Grand Slam tournaments, the first position in the WTA ranking, as well as victories in matches over the invincible Serena Williams. Today, the girl has millions of fans around the world who worship their goddess.
Russian style of Spanish tennis player
Garbinier Mugurus has good physical data, she weighs 74 kg with a height of 182 cm. Accordingly, this allows her to play in an aggressive dominant manner. In her matches, she relies on powerful punches, combining them with active movements on the court.
Garbinier is a true station wagon without weaknesses, it hits perfectly both on the left and on the right. She herself calls her favorite blow the serve, which she, in fact, is well set.
All these qualities are quite uncharacteristic for the Spanish tennis school, whose representatives prefer a long, leisurely ball on the back line, honed in a variety of combinations. This explains the success of the Spaniards on slow ground coverings, in particular Rafael Nadal is considered the recognized king of the ground.
Therefore, Spanish journalists note that Garbinier Mugurus is a representative of the Russian style of play, in which Svetlana Kuznetsova, Maria Sharapova and other physically strong Russian tennis players became famous.
At the crossroads
The future star was born in 1994 in Venezuela. Garbinier Mugurus has a mixed origin - mom is a native of Venezuela, and dad represents the proud Basque Country. Jose Antonio Mugurus had his own business in Caracas, which allowed him to provide a good family, in which apart from Garbinier sons Asier and Igor grew up.
The boys were engaged in tennis, and their sister accompanied them in training, very often disturbing the brothers, hiding balls from them. Soon she joined them, already at the age of four, picking up a racket.
However, tennis in Venezuela is not the most popular sport, and the venerable father of the family made a difficult decision to move with his family to Spain, where there were all conditions for the education of tennis talents.
So at the age of six, Garbigne Mugurus found herself in Barcelona, where she began to study at the Sergi Brugueira tennis academy.
Garbinier began her career as a teenager, which is why she faced a dilemma quite early - under the flag of which country should she appear? According to her, the choice was not easy, but preference was given to Spain, where she took place as a tennis player.
Takeoff
For Garbinier Mugurus, tennis has become the main activity in life since the age of fourteen. Already in 2009, she wins her first ITF series tournaments. However, she gained world fame in 2012, when she made a sharp breakthrough in the first hundred of the WTA world ranking. An unknown junior from Spain made it to the fourth round of the prestigious tournament in Miami, knocking out experienced Vera Zvonareva, Flavia Penetta, from the draw.
In 2013, Garbigne Mugurus continued to progress, having successfully played at her first Grand Slam tournament, but she was seriously injured at the end of the season. Recovery took six months, after which the Spaniard returned to the court with a thirst for new victories.
In 2014, Garbinier Mugurus was able to truly break into the elite of world women's tennis. At the French Open, she created a sensation by beating Serena Williams in two sets, and reached the quarterfinals, where she lost only to Maria Sharapova. In the same season, she won her first title at WTA tournaments.
In 2015, the Spanish beauty reached the Wimbledon finals, where in the finals she lost to Serena Williams, who took her revenge for the defeat a year ago.
Queen
Since 2016, Garbinier Mugurus has consistently and methodically consolidated his status as a tennis superstar. She has already won two Grand Slam tournaments, and in 2016 the Spaniard won the final of Roland Garros Serena Williams, and in 2017 at the Wimbledon tournament she defeated her older sister - Venus.
Successful performances in the 2017 season allowed Garbigne Mugurus for the first time in his career to rise to first place in the WTA ranking. Today, she is rightfully considered one of the leaders of world women's tennis.