“Breaks My Heart”: Victoria Azarenka, Rennae Stubbs React to Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro’s Emotional Press
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Spaniard tennis professional Carla Suarez Navarro, who inspired many on and off the court, played her last Olympics match at Tokyo Olympics 2020. After losing to Karolina Pliskova in the women’s singles event, her doubles team with Garbine Muguruza lost to Viktorija and Belinda Bencic in doubles. Consequently, both the Spaniards found it impossible to hold back their tears in front of the press.
Even though they lost, Carla and Garbine put on a memorable fight that tennis fans would cherish for years to come. They lost the second-round match in the deciding tiebreaker, 6-3, 1-6, 9-11.
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Most significantly, looking at them fighting back their tears moved many tennis fans. Moreover, tennis legend Rennae Stubbs and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka reacted to their breakdown.
Reactions to Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro’s breakdown
The Spaniard Carla Suarez returned to the tennis tour at Roland-Garros recovered from cancer. Since then, she has been saying goodbye to all the big tournaments in tennis, one by one.
However, representing Spain at Tokyo Olympics surely would rank higher than other tournaments. Even so, Carla bravely faced the press while her partner Garbine broke down emotionally.
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❤️ @CarlaSuarezNava https://t.co/WpL50Uc804
— victoria azarenka (@vika7) July 27, 2021
Furthermore, the Australian Rennae Stubbs wrote a kind few words about Carla. She said that Muguruza’s tears convey everything Carla means to tennis.
Rennae wrote, “To see Garbine Muguruza walk away because she was losing it emotionally is all you need to know what we all feel towards Carla Suarez Navarro! SHE IS THE ABSOLUTE MOST HUMBLE SPECIAL HUMAN! Garbine obviously felt so badly about not getting the job done for her; this breaks my heart!”
To see @GarbiMuguruza walk away because she was losing it emotionally is all U need to know what we all feel towards @CarlaSuarezNava ! SHE IS THE ABSOLUTE MOST HUMBLE SPECIAL HUMAN! Garbine obviously felt so badly about not getting the job done for her, this breaks my heart! https://t.co/O541c1GpkP
— Rennae Stubbs OLY (@rennaestubbs) July 27, 2021
Conclusively, the veteran Spaniard announced that it was her last doubles match with Garbine, and the latter commented on the post, saying, “I’m gonna start crying again.”
Very touching words between Suárez-Navarro and Muguruza.
Carla announced it was their last match playing together, stating it had been an honor to play with Mugu.
Mugu’s answer : « I’m gonna start crying again 😭 »🥺💔#Tokyo2020 #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/GXiPnWnurB
— Tie Breaking News (@TennisAddict5) July 27, 2021
Without a doubt, the Carla-Garbine doubles pair would remain one of the charismatic tennis partnerships ever. Hence, the entire tennis world felt close to what Garbine felt in front of the press.
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Muguruza and Carla Suarez’s doubles records
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In 2014, Garbine and Carla joined forces as doubles partners, and won three WTA titles together, Stanford Classic, Birmingham Classic, and Pan Pacific Open. Their best result at a Grand Slam doubles event came at the French Open in 2014, where they reached the semifinals.
Additionally, Carla and Garbine also once ended runner-ups at the WTA Finals in 2015. Over the seven years, the pair played doubles together wherever seemed possible and thoroughly enjoyed tennis.
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However, all great things come to an end, and so their tennis partnership also ended at Tokyo Olympics.