AUCKLAND RESULTS. Bouchard upsets Garcia in the 2nd round

ASB CLASSIC - AUCKLAND RESULTS. Bouchard upsets Garcia to face Amanda Anisimova in the quarter

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Eugenie Bouchard vs. Caroline Garcia

Eugenie Bouchard stuns Caroline Garcia 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Auckland on Wednesday. Bouchard will seek to keep on going in this event against Amanda Anisimova in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Eugenie conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

Bouchard wasted a good opportunity to break the French Player in the 1st game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2nd set.

Garcia started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Bouchard in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Eugenie was not done to come back to break Garcia in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

Certainly, a key moment was when the Canadian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 4-2.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Bouchard scored 68 points vs. Garcia’s 58 points.

Eugenie won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 27% (3/11). On the other side, Garcia was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Bouchard and Garcia is 2-1 for Eugenie.

Highlights Eugenie Bouchard vs. Caroline Garcia ASB Classic – Auckland

Next Match H2H: Eugenie Bouchard vs. Amanda Anisimova – stats

Bouchard will compete against Anisimova in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Eugenie Bouchard and Amanda Anisimova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Auckland

Upcoming matches

  • Serena WilliamsWilliams – Christina MchaleMchale (3-0) – See H2H details
  • Cori GauffGauff – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Lauren DavisDavis (2-0) – See H2H details
  • Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Julia GoergesGoerges (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Eugenie BouchardBouchard (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Jessica PegulaPegula – Alize CornetCornet (0-1) – See H2H details