Garbiñe Muguruza, seed number two, was clearly defeated this Friday in the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow for estonia Anett Kontaveit (6-1 and 6-1).
Conchita Martínez’s disciple did not have any option against an inspired tennis player, who was very good at the service with six direct aces and even better to the rest with 25 points by 6 of her rival.
In addition, the seed number nine showed unusual efficiency, taking almost every breakout opportunity available to him.
Muguruza, who debuted in Moscow, seemed to lack strength from the kick-off. He served badly, committed three double faults and never gave the feeling of being in the game.
Despite the defeat, the Spanish is very close to the mathematical classification for the WTA Finals, which will be held from November 10 to 17 in Guadalajara (Mexico) after the defeat of the fourth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova against Marketa Vondrousova, 6 -4, 6-2. The WTA first reported that the Spanish was already classified, but hours later rectified the information, noting that her pass is still not safe.
Kontaveit, who has won two of the three WTA titles to her credit this season, is number 23 in the world.
The Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who fell to Russia’s Yekaterina Alexandrova, world number 122, (3-6 and 4-6), was also unable to fulfill her number one seed vitola.