Third seed Garbine Muguruza struggled to close the competition but advanced to the second round of the Australian Open with a 6-3 6-4 win over feisty young Frenchwoman Clara Burrell at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday.
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The No. 3 seed maintained the perfect first round win record by defeating Burrell 6-3, 6-4 at Melbourne Park. #AO2022 pic.twitter.com/teFdU0sQe2
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Burrell showed a lot of struggle and managed to break Muguruza in the opening set but her own serve was weak and 12 double faults dug a hole she always struggled to get out of.
The finalists, who had lost at Melbourne Park two years earlier, came under great influence for the veteran Spaniard set and breakup, but broke again while serving for the match.
The former Wimbledon and French Open champion broke Burel for the fifth time in the next game to complete the task and proceeded to a contest with another French woman, Alize Cornet.
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