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First set: Sofia Kenin 1-2* Garbiñe Muguruza. This is already incredibly intense, but Muguruza breaks first! Kenin looked to be moving towards a second hold at 40-30, but Muguruza responded incredibly well, pummelling returns and crushing two successive crosscourt forehand winners to bring up break point.
As a long, tense deuce game developed, Kenin saved the first break point by absolutely destroying a backhand down the line winner. On the second break point, she forced Muguruza into a backhand error with a nice forehand down the line.
So, who will win this? With her experience, her form and her performances in previous finals, Muguruza clearly begins as the favourite and she will be the main aggressor in this match. Muguruza loves to take the ball early, to change directions off both wings and to move forward in order to finish points at the net. She has also been serving much better than in previous years and her serve has held up under pressure. In this form, Muguruza will be so difficult to beat if she finds a rhythm.
Across the net, Kenin will scrap for everything and her defence will force Muguruza into errors. Kenin will have to be brave, taking on her backhand whenever the opportunity opens up and she will have to rely on her resourcefulness, throwing in drop shots and keeping Muguruza on the move with angles and width. She has to make Muguruza uncomfortable enough to miss, particularly on her forehand wing, and then it will be very interesting.
Written by Tumaini Carayol
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