Before starting their campaign at the Mutua Madrid Open, the star players of the WTA were in attendance at Media Day, which was held in the players\u2019 zone of the Caja M\u00e1gica on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
Carla Su\u00e1rez was the first to face the press. She comes to the tournament hoping to \u201cdo well in Madrid\u201d but she is aware that \u201cit is a very difficult draw, the best players are there\u201d. Regarding Shuai Peng, her opponent in the first round, \u201cI am very familiar with her, she is a dangerous opponent with a good serve\u201d.<\/p>\n
Then came the turn of Angelique Kerber, the current world number two and the favourite in Madrid. The German said she is feeling \u201cvery good\u201d both physically and mentally. Kerber comes to Madrid with the intention of \u201cimproving her results and playing good tennis and focusing on training and playing\u201d.<\/p>\n
Another player hoping to improve her results on other years is the Czech Karolina Pliskova, who feels \u201cvery good\u201d even though clay is not her preferred surface, although she comes here intent on changing her mentality. As for her opponent, the Ukrainian Tsurenko, she said like all the players, \u201cshe is a tough opponent\u201d and that she is expecting \u201ca good game\u201d.<\/p>\n
Pliskova analysed the draw and noted two possible favourites: Svetlana Kuznetsova and Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza.\u00a0 The Russian stated that she comes to the tournament \u201cwith more confidence than last year\u201d and admitted that she is at a \u201csignificant point\u201d of her career. She has no specific goal and, like other players, prefers to take it match by match.<\/p>\n
Muguruza was the main focus of the media\u2019s attention. The Spaniard is feeling very \u201cemotional and nervous about playing in Madrid\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always want to get far in all the tournaments but especially here, where the people are who follow me most\u201d, said the French Open champion.\u00a0 Her first test comes against Timea Bacsinszky, \u201ca very difficult opponent for the first round, she is a seed without actually being one. But there are no easy matches, also the more difficult it is, the more you learn\u201d.<\/p>\n
Briton Johanna Konta is \u201creally looking forward to starting and enjoying the clay\u201d. \u00a0She would like to \u201cimprove my results\u201d, but to do so she will first have to get past the German Laura Siegemund, \u201ca very difficult opponent who has had good results\u201d, referring to the recent champion of Stuttgart.<\/p>\n
WTA Media Day was concluded with the appearance of Simona Halep. The Romanian defending champion of the Mutua Madrid Open is playing good tennis coming into this year\u2019s tournament and she hopes to do as well as possible. \u201cIt will be special for me because I won the title last year, it is added pressure\u201d, she explained. Halep squares off in the first round against Kristyna Pliskova, a \u201cvery dangerous player with plenty of game. I am ready as all the matches will be difficult\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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