A disappointed Garbine Muguruza insisted Sunday that she would still leave the Australian Open with a “good feeling” despite failing to convert two match points against Naomi Osaka in a fourth-round defeat.
The Spanish 14th seed, the losing finalist last year, was on the cusp of making the quarterfinals once more at 5-3, 40-15 in the third set.
But was unable to get across the finish line as Osaka reeled off four straight games to complete an improbable 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 comeback.
“I mean, really the difference I feel like it was one point,” she said.
“We had a lot of great points. I felt, of course, a little bit disappointing being 5-3 in the third set up, having match point…
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