Muguruza hopes to be ‘pain-free’

World number three Garbine Muguruza said on Saturday she was hoping to be “painfree” to begin her Australian Open campaign, but admitted she would have liked a better start to 2018.

The Wimbledon champion pulled out of the Sydney International with a thigh injury straight after beating Kiki Bertens on Wednesday. A week earlier she had retired from the Brisbane International with cramps.