I beat Venus Williams to win Wimbledon; now I’m marrying a fan who stopped me for a selfie in Central Park

Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza is marrying a fan who asked her for a selfie in New York.

The Spanish singles star entered the All England club’s history books when she beat tennis icon and five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in the women’s singles final in 2017.

The pair are due to marry in Spain this year.

But it was four years on from her victory that Muguruza’s took a turn as she prepared for the US Open.

The Spaniard didn’t win the tournament in the end, only reaching the fourth round.

However, she certainly won off the court, meeting her now-fiance in Central Park.

Speaking to HOLA! Spain, the former WTA world number one explained how she ended up falling in love with a man who had asked for a selfie with her.

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

“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.'”

After a few more dates, Muguruza entered into a relationship with the fan, model Arthur Borges who has 11k followers on Instagram.

Borges then finally popped the question while down on one knee in Marbella, Spain and the pair are due to be married later this year.

Borges wrote on Instagram that the tennis star ‘had him at hello’

“It felt weird. I was thinking something else and then when he proposed I started crying,” Muguruza said.

“I didn’t know how to react. I said yes in the midst of tears, it was very romantic.”

The 29-year-old is currently ranked 132 in singles by the WTA.

She was ranked in the top 10 as recently as last year, but announced at the end of 2022 that she would be taking a hiatus from the sport to focus on her personal life.

As part of that hiatus, she skipped the French Open and will also won’t be playing at Wimbledon. (TalkSport)