Muguruza cruises, Kvitova eliminated in Stanford Classic
Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza beat Ana Konjuh to move into the semi-finals of the Stanford Classic on Friday, while second seed Petra Kvitova was thrashed 6-2 6-0 by 18-year-old American Catherine Bellis. Top seed Muguruza, playing in the first match of the day, eased through her quarter-final 6-1 6-3 against the fifth seed at Stanford University in California.
“I think today I was very accurate,” said the Spaniard in an on-court interview. “Ana is such a powerful player and super young, I knew I had to be concentrated. knocked out of the Citi Open by South Africa’s Kevin Anderson in the quarter-finals of the men’s singles event on Saturday. After losing the first set, the Indian qualifier rebounded strongly to win the second before again going down to eventually suffer 4-6, 6-4, 3-6 defeat against Anderson in the quarter-final clash that lasted almost two hours.
Cristiano Ronaldo told a Spanish court he “would like to return to England” due to his tax troubles in Spain, Spanish radio station Cadena Ser reported on Saturday. The Real Madrid star was called to testify in court on Monday over accusations he evaded 14.7 million euros ($17.3 million) in tax on his image rights via a complicated web of shell companies based in the British Virgin Islands and Ireland.
Champions Monaco started their title defense with a 3-2 win over Toulouse on Friday after twice coming from behind. Kamil Glik scored the winner with 20 minutes left after Jemerson and Radamel Falcao leveled twice for the hosts in the first game of the season.