RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Monica Puig still had goosebumps well after the biggest win of her career.
The Puerto Rican tennis player routed French Open champion Garbine Muguruza 6-1, 6-1 on Tuesday to reach the Olympic quarterfinals.
"You just go in shock," she said.
Even with the big lead, keeping it together through those last couple of games was tricky.
"You start getting emotional, and there's no hiding it," the 22-year-old Puig said. "You start feeling those butterflies, those nerves. It's all of that coming out.
"You keep that all bottled up and it's like a Coca-Cola bottle — you shake it, shake it, shake it, it's going to explode.