Muguruza sweats before the prodigy Coco Gauff

Garbiñe Muguruza

had to sweat a lot in tennis to defeat

in the

(7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3).

The Caracas woman needed

find her best version to get rid of the American, who deployed

all the arguments that make her one of the young prodigies of world tennis

on the clay of the

.

Gauff thundered onto the track last season, though he had long been on the radar.

The American has been working since the age of 10 at the academy of

,

coach

.

At 13 she was playing in the

and at 14 she was already a junior champion at Roland Garros.

Gauff started

at

685th

in the

and finished it at

.

In between, she reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon and won her first WTA tournament (Linz).

This year, before she turned 16, she knocked Naomi Osaka down at the Australian Open.

In the two greats, she fell against those who would ultimately be champions, Simona Halep and Sofia Kenin.

There is little surprise and more and more certainties in Coco Gauff.

Garbiñe Muguruza was able to verify it first-hand, who saw herself with a disadvantage break in each of the

.

Gauff varied heights and directions, finding great responses to what looked like good Muguruza winners.

It was the blows but also the tactical ability that was sensed behind.

At times it puzzled Muguruza, who did not find herself comfortable throughout the duel.

Unlike in the premiere against

, where she won with authority, the Caracas player had to work hard to defeat Gauff, who had a break advantage in all three sets.

Also in the sudden death of the first, before

closed in a big way: six consecutive points, with an 'ace' to close.

Muguruza could not lift the break in the second but could in the third, where Gauff began to fall apart after taking a

.

The Spanish-Venezuelan increased the pressure and Gauff's service, one of the aspects that most needs to improve, staggered until it collapsed.

Garbiñe Muguruza gets into the

of the Premier 5 in Rome, where the winner of the duel between

will be measured

.

Martinez falls to Shapovaloc

Before,

fell against

in a tighter duel than could be expected with the 97 places that separate them in the ATP ranking (6-4, 6-4).

The Valencian, who in the first round had eliminated Sam Querrey, demanded the number 12 in the world and came to have a 3-0 in favor in the second round, but could not complete the assault on the Canadian.

With the defeat of the tennis player trained by Daniel Gimeno Traver, Rafa Nadal remains the only Spanish representative in the men's team in Rome.

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