FLIRTY LOVE

A FORMER Wimbledon champion and world No1 has married a fan who stopped her in a park to wish her “good luck”.

Garbine Muguruza was approached by Arthur Borges in a freak meeting at the US Open in 2021.

The Tom Ford model spotted the Spanish tennis ace and they immediately fell for each other.

Borges got down on one knee and popped the question during a romantic trip to Marbella in May last year.

And now, just months after her retirement from tennis, they have tied the knot.

Approximately 90 guests were invited from all over the world — including from Los Angeles, Miami, Sweden, Finland and Dubai — with Muguruza’s former coach Conchita Martinez and ex-doubles partner Carla Suarez Navarro among them.

The ceremony in Marbella last weekend was conducted in four languages – Spanish, English, Swedish and Finnish.

Muguruza — who celebrated her 31st birthday on Tuesday — told HOLA! in Spain: “It’s a total movie.

“I was inspired by the golden age of Hollywood, by those dresses worn by Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, which are elegant and beautiful and flattering.

“I knew I would marry him even before he asked me.

“When we met, it was love at first sight and we realised very quickly that we were an ideal couple.

“Even though he hadn’t told me anything, I imagined Arthur dressed like that, because I knew he was going to go traditional.

“He looked gorgeous. When I saw him at the altar I thought, ‘Oh, my man is so handsome’.”

Muguruza previously opened up on the first time she set eyes on her future husband in New York.

It is understood they even took a selfie together which is framed in their house.

She explained: “My hotel was close to Central Park and I was bored, so I thought I should go for a walk.

“I go out and I run into him on the street.

“Suddenly, he turns and says ‘Good luck at the US Open.’ I was left thinking, ‘Wow, he’s so handsome.’

“He’s a mix, like me. I’m half-Venezuelan and half-Spanish, so we understand each other. We share that feeling of being citizens of the world.”

Muguruza thrashed Venus Williams in the 2017 final at the All England Club, adding her Wimbledon crown to the French Open title she collected the previous year when she beat Venus’ sister Serena. — Sun.

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