Caroline Garcia survives Alison Van Uytvanck 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Lyon on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Garcia will face Shuai Zhang in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Caroline Garcia vs. Alison Van Uytvanck Open 6 Sens – Lyon
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:33
At the end of the match, Caroline scored 113 points vs. Alison’s 107.
Garcia
The French player won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 16% (3/19) of the procured opportunities.
Van Uytvanck
On the other side, Alison was battling in converting her break points (only 17% – 2/12). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Garcia and Van Uytvanck is 2-1 for Caroline.
Draw and next match H2H: Caroline Garcia vs. Shuai Zhang – stats
Garcia will take on Zhang in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Caroline Garcia and Shuai Zhang fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Garcia and Zhang (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Zhang won 6-4 6-0 in the 1st round in London back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Belgian conquered in the 7th game (4-3) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
They contested 68 points. The Belgian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than the French player (36-32). The Belgian conceded 12 points on serve (23-12). On the other side, Caroline conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the French player grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).
Caroline converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Alison was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Caroline won just 3 points more than the Belgian (33-30). Caroline dropped 12 points on serve (23-12). In addition, on the other side, Alison conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).
Caroline clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Garcia broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.
Garcia converted 16% of her break points (2/12). She had 12 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 30-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Belgian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 88 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Alison (47-41). The French player conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the court, Alison conceded 25 points on serve (31-25).
Tennis Scores in Lyon
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- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-4 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Vitalia DiatchenkoDiatchenko (3-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (4-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Shuai ZhangZhang (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – H2H details and stats
