Karolína Muchová glides over all at Qatar Open to win first WTA 1000 title

Watching Karolína Muchová glide and crush her way to the big title her tennis had so long promised, but never delivered, laid bare the beautiful contradictions of the sport. It can look effortless, as the 29-year-old mostly did through Sunday’s 6-4, 7-5 win over Victoria Mboko at the Qatar Open, but it is not. It can look natural, as a WTA 1000 title does on such a talented player’s resumé, but it is not. It can look predestined, as if what players deserve will be doled out to them. It, as Mucho