Global Courant 2023-05-31 17:29:00
Garbiñe Muguruza, winner of the 2016 French Open and 2017 Wimbledon, is about to marry a man she met during a random encounter around the 2021 US Open.
Muguruza announced on Instagram and in Spanish media that she will marry model Arthur Borges. She posted a photo with Borges on her social media account with a caption straight out of the Tom Cruise movie “Jerry Maguire.”
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Garbiñe Muguruza returns in the first round of women’s singles against Belgium’s Elise Mertens at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on January 17, 2023. (Guo Lei/Xinhua via Getty Images)
“You had me at hello.”
The tennis star and model have one of the more interesting backstories of any relationship. She donated Hola! Spain about how they met. She said Borges was a fan of hers and asked for a photo on the street.
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Arthur Borges and Garbiñe Muguruza attend Vanity Fair Personality Of The Year Gala Honoring Spanish Singer Raphael at The Royal Theater on November 30, 2021 in Madrid. (Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images)
“My hotel was close to Central Park and I was bored so I thought I should go for a walk,” she told the outlet in Spanish. “I go out and I bump into him on the street. Suddenly he turns around and says, ‘Good luck at the US Open.’ I kept thinking, ‘Wow, he’s so handsome.'”
Muguruza said Borges being out of the tennis world was a green flag for her.
The two got engaged in Marbella and Muguruza said it surprised her.
“It felt weird,” she said. “I thought about something else and when he introduced me I started crying. I didn’t know how to react. I said yes while crying, it was very romantic.”
Garbiñe Muguruza poses with her friend Arthur Borges after defeating Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit during the Women’s Singles Final on Day 8 of 2021 Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara at Centro Panamericano de Tenis on November 17, 2021 in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images,)
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Muguruza is 449-238 in career singles matches. She was ranked No. 1 in the world in 2017, but has returned to No. 132 since April. She lost in the first round of the Australian Open in January and failed to qualify for the French Open.
Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.
