Most tennis players choose to spend some time away from the sport once they hang up their racquet. But for Garbine Muguruza, taking on the role of tournament director of the WTA Finals just a few weeks after she announced her retirement from tennis was a no-brainer.
The former world No 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion hadn’t played a professional match for over a year before she officially shared news of her retirement in a press conference at the Madrid Open in April.
When the WTA and Saudi Tennis Federation came knocking on her door shortly after, offering her the position of tournament director for the WTA Finals in Riyadh, she immediately accepted.
The Spaniard says the 15 months she took between her final match and her retirement announcement helped her “digest everything” and by the time she broke the news to the world, she felt like she was already on to the next chapter of her life.
“It was unexpected, this opportunity. I wasn’t expecting it,” Muguruza told The National in a recent interview ahead of theWTA Finals, which kick off at King Saud University this Saturday.
“I’m so honoured that the WTA thought of me in that way, that they have trusted me with this responsibility; to me it’s a very big deal, just to move from tennis to another perspective, of making events.”
Understanding the industry
Muguruza, who won the WTA Finals in Guadalajara in 2021, has shared a locker room with most of the players that will be competing in Riyadh next week.
The tour believes that close connection between Muguruza, 31, and her former peers can help enhance player experience at this year’s edition.
“I think the players are going to be comfortable to talk to me. That’s really something that is different this year, having a familiar face they can rely on and make them feel safe in a way,” she explained.
For Muguruza, getting to know all the ins and outs of what it takes to stage an event of this magnitude has been eye opening.
“I’m shocked with the amount of work and how they take every detail. When you’re a player you don’t realise any of this,” said the Wimbledon and French Open winner.
“You’re like a horse [with blinkers], just concentrating. But I’m really learning so much [about] the industry, the business of sport. That’s very important to me because I do want to understand every concept.
“I’m very excited, it’s such an opportunity. When they told me, I said immediately ‘yes’. It’s a new project, it’s a new market. I couldn’t wait to start.”
Muguruza has made multiple trips to Riyadh since taking on the tournament director role, participating in various community engagement activities.
Last month, just 10 days before her wedding, Muguruza joined WTA Community Ambassador Judy Murray in a series of tennis clinics dedicated to kids, teachers, and coaches.
“I’m noticing that tennis is not a very strong sport in the country. I think it’s going to now go through a bit of a shake up with all the tournaments and all the activities and the influence,” said Muguruza.
“Hopefully through the tournament, the people can be more influenced to play some tennis and to be motivated.”
Feeling like a ‘rookie’
When Muguruza told reporters she was retiring, she looked calm and at peace with her decision, despite the fact she didn’t know exactly what she was going to do next.
Many players struggle to dissociate their identity from their profession, and when they retire it gets harder to understand themselves without the sport they dedicated their lives to.
Muguruza took her time navigating those feelings, and came out the other side feeling excited.
“I don’t think I dropped a single tear in the whole process,” she recalls. “It’s weird because I’ve been playing tennis since I have memory and I identify myself as a tennis player, forever and ever, and I will always be. But there is a time for everything, there’s a chapter for everything.
“It’s always scary to take decisions, to see what’s next, to go into the open world. I’ve always been accustomed to my little sports world, tennis world, so what now? Everything is new, you feel like a rookie in everything, that’s something that I keep feeling all the time.
“But it’s good, it’s exciting. At the beginning I was doubting a little bit, like, 'what’s going to happen?' But it quickly faded away because I was like, ‘Wow, I’m starting a new chapter, I’m so young’, and now I’m just learning about different things and let’s just try and give it a chance. I’m doing so many little different things, it’s very exciting.”
‘Hungry to learn’
Not much has surprised her about life away from competition. She thought she would perhaps get bored without the constant travel and hectic schedule, but somehow that hasn’t been the case.
“I’m so happy to be home with my partner [now husband], my mum, my dad, my brothers, I want to get a dog. I didn’t know what to expect. Maybe I would be bored at home. Maybe I’d like to travel again, but so many opportunities came quite quickly and that fulfilled me so quickly. Like, OK, I have so many things to do, let’s go; I’m so ready and hungry to learn,” she says.
Muguruza married her partner Arthur Borges on October 5 in an intimate ceremony in Spain. She laughs when asked her if she was nervous in the build-up.
“So many people asked me, are you nervous? I’m like I will never be nervous in my life,” she said. “I’ve been so nervous playing finals, nothing can compare to Wimbledon and French Open finals, I’m zero nervous. This is so easy in comparison.”
In order to handle the pressure of the big stage during her playing days, Muguruza came up with unique offseason activities that challenged her both mentally and physically.
While most players flew to the Maldives the moment their season was over, Muguruza, especially later in her career, channeled her inner daredevil. In 2019, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. In 2020, she chose military training with Spain’s Civil Guard, jumping from helicopters, cave-diving, and trekking mountains on search and rescue missions.
She says seeking out those adventures helped her mentally in the seasons that followed.
“I definitely needed something extra. I needed something that will disconnect everything from my mind, that I will not be thinking about the tour, about the rankings, about the schedule, about nothing,” she reflects.
“I wanted to do something with adrenalin, something that will make me feel like I will get out of this experience stronger. I’m going to come out of this trip feeling invincible. I definitely wanted to recharge that part of me, that adventure side, that determination.
“Because it’s tough on the tennis tour, you get the doubts, the ups and downs, I was like, 'I need to recharge this, I need to feel like, let’s go'.
“So not every year, but I definitely felt in certain years that I need to feel strong again, let’s do something crazy.”
Not long after summiting Kilimanjaro, Muguruza reached the 2020 Australian Open, the fourth Grand Slam final of her career. She lost in three sets to Sofia Kenin.
“I definitely felt that I was stronger. Especially my trip to Kilimanjaro, I am 100 per cent sure that I did that Australian Open final because I did that trip. That gave me invincible energy,” Muguruza said.
“Even though I lost the final, even though I was sick. It was a crazy tournament, how it started, how it ended. But that gave me perspective of, OK, there are tough things, but there is also the toughest thing. It’s hard to play a tournament, but it’s also hard to climb something and to be out there, and to do things that are also for yourself.
“Not only for the trophy, for the picture, for the money. This was just a spiritual recharging thing. I think that definitely helped me so many times after, to succeed in tennis.”
Muguruza acknowledges the tennis schedule is unrelenting and can be taxing but she says she never complained about that aspect of the tour.
“Personally, would I have stayed longer [in the sport] if it were different? No, I don’t think so because I never complained about the tour. It is what it is, we have so many opportunities, you can also make your own schedule. You don’t have to be forced to play all the tournaments,” she explained.
“It’s great to have so many tournaments, so many opportunities for players who are not top 50, not top 10. And after you can make your own schedule.
“I don’t think there’s a reason to complain. I think it’s the opposite. It’s great. You make your own schedule and you know your own capacity. Especially if you’re winning a lot of matches, you’re like, OK, maybe I should relax here, maybe I should go harder here.”
Drawing inspiration from Serena and Sharapova
Muguruza is only just starting her post-tennis career and isn’t sure where life will take her. She knows she would love to work with kids in some capacity and also doesn’t rule out coaching someday.
“I don’t know when or how. I’m not ready for what it requires to be a full-time coach, absolutely not. But being part of a team is just so amazing and I’d love to feel that again one day,” she said.
Retired stars like Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova have been enjoying great success in the business world by investing in numerous ventures and are examples of how to follow a great sporting career with an equally impressive business one.
“It’s so interesting to see what paths people take, because it can be very different. Normally people stay around the world of sport but having Maria and Serena, I always looked up to them so much. Even though we shared the court, they’re a little bit the older generation. I always follow them, I can’t wait to see what’s next for them,” said Muguruza.
“They’re being so successful in different ventures. I obviously would love to be as successful outside of the court than on the court, but it’s yet to see what it’s going to be. I’m just starting.”
Reflecting on Guadalajara
At the moment, Muguruza’s efforts are strictly focused on the WTA Finals, which will be held from November 2-9 in Riyadh.
Muguruza has fond memories of her own from winning the tour’s season finale in Guadalajara three years ago. Muguruza was born in her mother’s native Venezuela before she moved to Spain at the age of six.
Getting to lift the WTA Finals trophy in Mexico meant a great deal to the Caracas-born Spaniard.
Reflecting on her incredible run there, Muguruza said: “It all started in the US Open. Because I was in the US Open and I saw [then WTA CEO] Steve Simon and I was like, ‘Steve, when and where is the Finals?’ Because it was still unknown.
“And he said to me, ‘You know Garbine, there’s a big possibility that it’s happening in Mexico’. And I was like, this is it, this is it, this is my tournament, no one else's. It’s happening for the first time ever in Latin America, I have to make it.
“I didn’t start very well but the support that the people gave me, the crowd cheering for me, being there, I played so well in Mexico. I was so happy that there was a representation of tennis in Mexico, a big tournament.
“And as the only Latin player out there in the Finals, I was like, this is my opportunity, I have to somehow win this thing. The crowd and just being there helped me so much to bring out the best of me.”
When asked to look back on her professional tennis career and describe what legacy she hopes to have left behind, Muguruza doesn’t list any of her titles.
“I never thought of what would people remember me by. Hopefully [being] explosive, happy personality, even if on the court I wasn’t smiling a lot. I think I’m very different on court than outside the court.
“Just a beautiful story, being Latin and just the journey of achieving your dreams, becoming world No 1, starting in a place that no one would have ever thought. That’s what I want to be remembered by.
“Yes, winning Wimbledon, that’s great and everything, but how someone can achieve their dreams by being ambitious and believing. I think that’s my definition.”
“Hopefully someone [in Saudi Arabia] gets inspired, like I did,” she added with a smile.
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Important questions to consider
1. Where on the plane does my pet travel?
There are different types of travel available for pets:
- Manifest cargo
- Excess luggage in the hold
- Excess luggage in the cabin
Each option is safe. The feasibility of each option is based on the size and breed of your pet, the airline they are traveling on and country they are travelling to.
2. What is the difference between my pet traveling as manifest cargo or as excess luggage?
If traveling as manifest cargo, your pet is traveling in the front hold of the plane and can travel with or without you being on the same plane. The cost of your pets travel is based on volumetric weight, in other words, the size of their travel crate.
If traveling as excess luggage, your pet will be in the rear hold of the plane and must be traveling under the ticket of a human passenger. The cost of your pets travel is based on the actual (combined) weight of your pet in their crate.
3. What happens when my pet arrives in the country they are traveling to?
As soon as the flight arrives, your pet will be taken from the plane straight to the airport terminal.
If your pet is traveling as excess luggage, they will taken to the oversized luggage area in the arrival hall. Once you clear passport control, you will be able to collect them at the same time as your normal luggage. As you exit the airport via the ‘something to declare’ customs channel you will be asked to present your pets travel paperwork to the customs official and / or the vet on duty.
If your pet is traveling as manifest cargo, they will be taken to the Animal Reception Centre. There, their documentation will be reviewed by the staff of the ARC to ensure all is in order. At the same time, relevant customs formalities will be completed by staff based at the arriving airport.
4. How long does the travel paperwork and other travel preparations take?
This depends entirely on the location that your pet is traveling to. Your pet relocation compnay will provide you with an accurate timeline of how long the relevant preparations will take and at what point in the process the various steps must be taken.
In some cases they can get your pet ‘travel ready’ in a few days. In others it can be up to six months or more.
5. What vaccinations does my pet need to travel?
Regardless of where your pet is traveling, they will need certain vaccinations. The exact vaccinations they need are entirely dependent on the location they are traveling to. The one vaccination that is mandatory for every country your pet may travel to is a rabies vaccination.
Other vaccinations may also be necessary. These will be advised to you as relevant. In every situation, it is essential to keep your vaccinations current and to not miss a due date, even by one day. To do so could severely hinder your pets travel plans.
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The flights
Fly direct to Kutaisi with Flydubai from Dh925 return, including taxes. The flight takes 3.5 hours. From there, Svaneti is a four-hour drive. The driving time from Tbilisi is eight hours.
The trip
The cost of the Svaneti trip is US$2,000 (Dh7,345) for 10 days, including food, guiding, accommodation and transfers from and to Tbilisi or Kutaisi. This summer the TCT is also offering a 5-day hike in Armenia for $1,200 (Dh4,407) per person. For further information, visit www.transcaucasiantrail.org/en/hike/
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Name: Thndr
Started: 2019
Co-founders: Ahmad Hammouda and Seif Amr
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UAE base: Hub71, Abu Dhabi
Current number of staff: More than 150
Funds raised: $22 million
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Abu Dhabi card
5pm: Handicap (TB) Dh100,000 2,400m
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6pm: Abu Dhabi Fillies Classic Prestige (PA) Dh110,000 1,400m
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7pm: Handicap (PA) Dh85,000 1,600m
7.30pm: Maiden (PA) Dh80,000 1,600m
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7pm: AF Mekhbat
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RESULTS
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6-2, 6-1
J Ostapenko (LAT x9) bt S Cirstea (ROU)
6-4, 6-4
ATP Japan Open
D Schwartzman (ARG x8) bt S Johnson (USA)
6-0, 7-5
D Goffin (BEL x4) bt R Gasquet (FRA)
7-5, 6-2
M Cilic (CRO x1) bt R Harrison (USA)
6-2, 6-0
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Ziina users can donate to relief efforts in Beirut
Ziina users will be able to use the app to help relief efforts in Beirut, which has been left reeling after an August blast caused an estimated $15 billion in damage and left thousands homeless. Ziina has partnered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to raise money for the Lebanese capital, co-founder Faisal Toukan says. “As of October 1, the UNHCR has the first certified badge on Ziina and is automatically part of user's top friends' list during this campaign. Users can now donate any amount to the Beirut relief with two clicks. The money raised will go towards rebuilding houses for the families that were impacted by the explosion.”
What is a robo-adviser?
Robo-advisers use an online sign-up process to gauge an investor’s risk tolerance by feeding information such as their age, income, saving goals and investment history into an algorithm, which then assigns them an investment portfolio, ranging from more conservative to higher risk ones.
These portfolios are made up of exchange traded funds (ETFs) with exposure to indices such as US and global equities, fixed-income products like bonds, though exposure to real estate, commodity ETFs or gold is also possible.
Investing in ETFs allows robo-advisers to offer fees far lower than traditional investments, such as actively managed mutual funds bought through a bank or broker. Investors can buy ETFs directly via a brokerage, but with robo-advisers they benefit from investment portfolios matched to their risk tolerance as well as being user friendly.
Many robo-advisers charge what are called wrap fees, meaning there are no additional fees such as subscription or withdrawal fees, success fees or fees for rebalancing.
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UK's plans to cut net migration
Under the UK government’s proposals, migrants will have to spend 10 years in the UK before being able to apply for citizenship.
Skilled worker visas will require a university degree, and there will be tighter restrictions on recruitment for jobs with skills shortages.
But what are described as "high-contributing" individuals such as doctors and nurses could be fast-tracked through the system.
Language requirements will be increased for all immigration routes to ensure a higher level of English.
Rules will also be laid out for adult dependants, meaning they will have to demonstrate a basic understanding of the language.
The plans also call for stricter tests for colleges and universities offering places to foreign students and a reduction in the time graduates can remain in the UK after their studies from two years to 18 months.
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The specs
Engine: 2.2-litre, turbodiesel
Transmission: 6-speed auto
Power: 160hp
Torque: 385Nm
Price: Dh116,900
On sale: now
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How to apply for a drone permit
- Individuals must register on UAE Drone app or website using their UAE Pass
- Add all their personal details, including name, nationality, passport number, Emiratis ID, email and phone number
- Upload the training certificate from a centre accredited by the GCAA
- Submit their request
What are the regulations?
- Fly it within visual line of sight
- Never over populated areas
- Ensure maximum flying height of 400 feet (122 metres) above ground level is not crossed
- Users must avoid flying over restricted areas listed on the UAE Drone app
- Only fly the drone during the day, and never at night
- Should have a live feed of the drone flight
- Drones must weigh 5 kg or less
