Green carpet treatment awaits Muguruza in Mallorca


  • Tennis
  • Monday, 06 Jun 2016

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros - Garbine Muguruza of Spain poses with her trophy Place de la Concorde - Paris, France - 05/06/16. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol - RTSG2JS

LONDON (Reuters) - When Spain's newly-crowned French open champion Garbine Muguruza arrives in Mallorca this week it will not be a red carpet they lay down but a lush green one.

In a dream scenario for promoters of the ambitious new WTA event being staged just a few kilometres from the party resort of Magaluf, the world number two is the headline act of a tournament being dubbed Wimbledon by the Mediterranean.

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