Second seed Garbine Muguruza edged out a tough battle Monday against Camila Giorgi to win 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in a tightly contested first-round match at Wimbledon.
The French Open champion's pre-match concerns about transitioning from clay to grass proved telling as she struggled to find her flow against a tough opponent, in front of an expectant All England Club crowd.
Muguruza lost on grass in the first round of the Mallorca Open ahead of her arrival at Wimbledon, where she is hoping to go one better than her 2015 performance when she was beaten in the final by Serena Williams.