Reigning women’s tennis champion Garbine Muguruza says she has removed "toxic" thoughts from her head in the build-up to Wimbledon. The Spaniard suffered a slump in form after winning the French Open in 2016, with the added expectation levels stifling her free-flowing attacking style. A year after beating US veteran Venus Williams to claim the Wimbledon title on Centre Court, Muguruza has learned to cope with the pressure. "I feel always under pressure in every tournament. Of course, here it adds some extra. How do you deal with that? You just try to do your thing," Muguruza, who will begin on Centre Court against Britain’s Naomi Broady on Tuesday, said at the All England Club on Sunday. "You try not to give too much importance to ‘what if?’ what’s going to happen. You just train and get ready. This is something that you just start to eliminate thoughts in your mind, especially toxic thoughts." Muguruza’s coach, Sam Sumyk, said they had kept talk of Wimbledon to a minimum in the wee...
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