Ashleigh Barty dispatches Caroline Garcia 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in Wuhan on Tuesday. Barty will play Sofia Kenin in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Garcia had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Barty in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for the French Player to win the set as Barty found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Garcia maintained her focus to break the Australian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).
2nd set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Barty conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
3rd set.
Barty won the set after she broke Caroline in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. That break resulted decisive for the Australian to win the set since she didn’t drop her serve during the rest of the set.
The French Player was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Ashleigh scored 98 points vs. Caroline’s 82 points.
Ashleigh served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (41/55) behind her first serve. However she won only 45% points (18/40) on her second serve. Barty won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13). On the other side, Garcia had some problems in converting her break points since she converted only 30% of her break points (3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Barty and Garcia is 2-1 for Ashleigh.
Highlights Ashleigh Barty vs. Caroline Garcia Wuhan Open – Wuhan
Next Match: Ashleigh Barty vs. Sofia Kenin – stats
Barty will compete against Kenin in the 3rd round.
This will be the 5th time that Ashleigh Barty and Sofia Kenin fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Barty (see full H2H stats), but Kenin has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kenin won 6-75 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Toronto back in August 2019.
Tennis Scores in Wuhan
- Kiki BertensBertens – Bernarda PeraPera (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Belinda BencicBencic (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (6-0 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Qiang WangWang – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alison RiskeRiske – Monica PuigPuig (2-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sloane StephensStephens – Yafan WangWang (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Caroline GarciaGarcia (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Elise MertensMertens (4-6 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-1 6-73 6-2) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Polona HercogHercog (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Sofia KeninKenin (3-1) – See H2H details
- Petra MarticMartic – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – See H2H details
- Simona HalepHalep – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Kiki BertensBertens (0-4) – See H2H details
- Qiang WangWang – Alison RiskeRiske (0-2) – See H2H details
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-2) – See H2H details
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Sloane StephensStephens (0-2) – See H2H details
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-1) – See H2H details
