preview Melbourne: Garbine Muguruza won only one match between June and December last year. Suffering illness, she was then thrashed 0- 6 by a qualifier in her first set at the Australian Open. Now she faces American surprise- package Sofia Kenin in the final here today, on the cusp of a third Grand Slam title.

The Venezuelan- born Spaniard has been keen to play down the swift transformation in her fortunes, but the facts speak for themselves.