Muchova ready for grass return

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday June 21, 2024
Photo credit: Roland Garros Facebook

British lawn will be a happy landing spot Karolina Muchova.

The 2023 Roland Garros runner-up announced she will make her comeback next week after wrist surgery in Eastbourne in preparation for Wimbledon, which starts on July 1.

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Former world number 8 Muchova announced her comeback to the grass court on social media.

“In ten months, but finally: see you at the Eastbourne and Wimbledon tournaments,” Muchova wrote.

Muchova was a two-time quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and reached the semifinals of the US Open in her last major appearance. Last February she underwent surgery on her right wrist.

At Roland Garros in 2023, Muchova made a spirited comeback and reached her first major final.

Staring down a match point at 2-5 and losing her legs against world number 2 ARina Sabalenkathe cramping Czech met the moment with calm defiance.

Muchova fired a forehand winner to erase match point and surged through 20 of the last 24 points and five straight, shocking second-seeded Sabalenka 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 7- 5 to fight her. first major final at Roland Garros.

The 27-year-old Czech has not played a tour-level match since her 6-4, 7-5 US Open semi-final defeat to eventual champion Coco Gauff last September, but she has been sharing training videos on her social media channels in recent times . to soften. Muchova looks fit and eager.