Muguruza blames COVID outbreak for bad loss at Australian Open: "It's been a pretty stressful start of the year"

Garbine Muguruza admitted to feeling very optimistic about her chances at the Australian Open however a shocking loss left her blaming COVID for it.

Muguruza fancied a very good result at the Australian Open admitted ahead of the event that she is feeling very good about her game. However a few days after that she found herself on the side of a matchup against Alize Cornet. The Spaniard was very unhappy about it as her body language following the final point clearly indicated her disgust with the result.

After the match she blamed COVID for it saying:

"It's been a pretty stressful start of the year also with my team. They all got COVID before coming here. We were for 15 days apart. It was hard for me for the preparation to come to the Aussie, swing and play and perform well. That was tricky a little bit."

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It seems like a cop-out from Muguruza who really did not play well in this match but she also admitted that physically she wasn't so great either:

"Physically here I wasn't also feeling my best. It was a kind of the stressful start to the year. I'm okay always to train by myself and I like it. But it's a tricky part of the year also. The pre-season, the start of the season, you are doing the last touches. You kind of want to continue working. That threw me a little bit off."