Muguruza says it's a relief to hold champion's trophy again

Garbine Muguruza defeated Barbora Krejcikova in the final of the 2021 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and afterwards she admitted that it's been a relief to hold the champion's trophy.

It's been 2 years since Garbine Muguruza held a trophy and almost 4 years since she has won a tournament bigger than WTA 250. However, her work with Conchita Martinez is paying off and the Spaniard shows great performances on the tennis court.

Currently, she could be seen as one of the best 3 players at the moment, what is for her unfortunately not reflected at frozen WTA Rankings. On the other hand, she's 2nd in the WTA Race for 2021 season, just behind Naomi Osaka who has won the 2021 Australian Open. After winning in Dubai, Muguruza had a lot to say.

"It means a lot, it’s never easy to win titles," Muguruza said in her post-match press conference. "It doesn’t happen often, and I’m excited that it happened now, after a few finals that didn’t go my way. A nice relief to be able to hold a champion’s trophy."

"It was such a tight match," Muguruza said. "It could have gone either way. I feel like the finals are very hard, the two best players of that week, and I had to work hard for it tonight. Very happy about it."

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"I always believed every time that I go out there, I’m one of the players that can get the trophy," Muguruza added. "There is proof this week, yes, but I’ve always believed that, in good moments and in bad moments."

"Everybody that is playing well and feels good [any] week can get the trophy, this is how hard women’s tennis is now," Muguruza said. "Very happy that I managed for two weeks to be able to reach the last match, because it’s never easy.

"You have all these opponents, having to play ten matches in a row, makes it difficult. It’s very hard, and I’m happy that I managed well. Physically it was hard but I was happy that I could handle that."