Garbiñe gives a lesson to Kontaveit and is consecrated as the first great Spanish teacher

It happened in Guadalajara, Mexico, at an altitude of 1,566 meters.

There, after another magnificent performance,

as the first teacher of Spanish tennis.

Four years after winning her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, five years after her victory at Roland Garros, the woman from Caracas adjusted her cap to win the WTA Finals, in the 50th edition of the tournament that now brings together the eight best players of the season.

As she herself said after beating

in the semifinals

, this competition has the aroma of the greats, and this is how a thoroughbred like her competed, who has not lost the instinct that characterized her in the greatest challenges. She beat Anett Kontveit 6-3, 7-5, in one hour and 38 minutes, bravely overcoming the Estonian's hint of reaction in the second set.

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stayed in the attempt in the 1993 final, beaten in four sets by

. In a completely different era in the atomized women's tennis, whose global stature does not stop growing, Muguruza, 28, vindicates herself against the push of rivals with a huge degree of training. It is not just about intrepid phenomena like that of

, winner of the United States Open at 18 years old, but about women with late explosion, like her opponent in the final or Badosa herself, already fully incorporated into the ruling class.

Suffocated at the start by a Garbiñe who maintained the momentum of their semifinal encounter, Kontaveit committed three double faults in the first two service turns, and gave it up in the third game.

An open field for the Venezuelan-Spanish, who had two balls to reach 3-1, but missed the net and chose the wrong direction until she gave up her advantage.

The party was born frantic, with both protagonists exposing from the background.

It was their third confrontation in 25 days.

The Estonian had overwhelmed in the quarters of the Moscow tournament, immersed in the successful sequence that has allowed her to win 29 of her last 32 matches.

Muguruza won their recent duel in the group stage of this tournament, last Sunday, and dominated the head-to-head on aggregate 3-2.

A luxury balloon

The former world No. 1 was effective with the kickoffs, which is crucial on these types of surfaces.

His success in the rest generated many doubts in a notable server like Kontaveit, who gave up his service up to three times in the first set, the last of them to deliver the partial after an exquisite balloon from Garbiñe.

The champion this year in the WTA 1000 in Dubai and the WTA 500 in Chicago saved the first delicate trance of the night, when the one from Tallinn had two break balls in the third game of the second set, after a fall from the Spanish in a lateral displacement, which did not have major consequences.

Kontaveit was sustained by disorderly impulses, against the stability of Garbiñe, precise, aggressive, constant, a cannon at the time of serving.

He had the key to the final in the sixth game, but did not convert the

ball

and, seized with anxiety, gave his next. The Estonian was one step away from leveling the game, but her reaction was still somewhat artificial. It was based more on one of the few lapses of his rival than on his own tennis, which followed in bursts, protected by the courage of a survivor. Garbiñe returned immediately, after being 5-3 down, he chained four consecutive games. He dropped to the concrete when he saw how Kontaveit's latest backhand crashed into the net, before coming ready to mount a pineapple with

, his coach, and his entire group. It will close the year number three in the world. Garbiñe is back. In a big way. Masterly.

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