[SPORT] Muguruza to continue his streak in Miami and Barty defends crown

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Garbiñe Muguruza, with the recent title in Dubai in her backpack, returns to compete in the WTA 1,000 in Miami, where she starts as twelfth favorite and awaits a rival between the Swedish Rebecca Peterson and the Chinese Xinyu Wang. The main seed will be the Australian Ashleigh Barty, the world number 1, who returns to the competition after several weeks without acting and with the intention of retaining her crown.

All top favorites are exempt in the first round. In Muguruza's case, her great start to the year has made her the player with the most wins of the season (18), finishing with the title in Dubai, and now she hopes to continue that good start in Florida, already with her coach, Conchita. Martínez, fully integrated into the team after overcoming the coronavirus.

The Croatian Petra Martic may then come her way, and later major rivals such as the Canadian Bianca Andreescu or the American Amanda Anisimova. If she reaches the quarterfinals, her most likely opponent would be the American Sofia Kenin, and then the Japanese Naomi Osaka in the semifinals, and Barty or the Romanian Simona Halep in the final.

There are two more Spanish women in the table and they have been placed in the draw in the same part. Sara Sorribes, recent champion in Guadalajara (Mexico), debuts against the American Bernarda Pera, and Paula Badosa against the Swiss Jil Teichmann, and is still in the preliminary phase Aliona Bolsava

Barty will make his debut against a tennis player from the previous phase in a table in which the American Serena Williams has been discharged at the last minute due to oral surgery, and that unlike the male, with large casualties, there are 19 of the best 20 of the world, who have not wanted to miss the appointment of Florida.

Later, the Australian has on her way players such as the American Alison Riske or the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, and later the German Angelique Kerber or the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka. In quarters, and by ranking and category, she should be measured with the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.

In the lower part of the table, the Japanese Naomi Osaka, champion of the Australian Open and who has not lost a match since February 2020, opens against the winner of the duel between the Russian Anastasia Potapova or the Australian Alja Tomljanovic. She shares a picture with the Czech Karolina Pliskova, the Belgian Elise Mertens and the Dutch Kiki Bertens.

Hypothetical quarterfinals

Asleihg Barty (AUS) - Aryna Sabalenka (BIE)

Simona Halep (RUM) - Elina Svitolina (UCR)

Adreescu (CAN) - Sofia Kenin (USA)

Pliskova (RCH) - Naomi Osaka (JAP)