Alison Van Uytvanck rolls over Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Lyon on Friday after playing a fantastic match to clash against Sofia Kenin in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Alison in this set was too strong for Garcia and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking the French Player in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
2nd set.
Van Uytvanck had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Garcia in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Van Uytvanck reinforced her lead after breaking the French Player in the 8th (6-2) game before managing to win the set.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Alison scored 65 points vs. the French Player’s 47 points.
Alison served extremely well to win 81% of the points (34/42) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 36% points (9/25) on her second serve. Alison was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8). On the other side, Caroline wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Van Uytvanck and Garcia is 1-1.
Highlights Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Caroline Garcia Open 6 Sens – Lyon
Next Match H2H: Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Sofia Kenin – stats
Van Uytvanck will take on Kenin in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Alison Van Uytvanck and Sofia Kenin square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Van Uytvanck and Kenin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kenin won 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Mallorca back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Lyon
- Sofia KeninKenin – Oceane DodinDodin (6-1 6-75 6-2) – See score progression
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-2 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (3-6 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Sofia KeninKenin – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (1-1) – See H2H details
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (2-0) – See H2H details
