Caroline Garcia gets by Aryna Sabalenka 6-2 4-6 6-1 in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Saturday. Garcia will seek to keep on going in this event against Petra Kvitova in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2015 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Caroline added to her prize money $ 117,800 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 242,800 after this win. If she wins the next match, Caroline will add $ 169,200 to her earnings to get in total $ 412,000 in total.
Highlights Caroline Garcia vs. Aryna Sabalenka Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:05
At the end of the match, the French player scored 88 points vs. the Belarussian’s 69.
Garcia
Garcia served pretty well to win 81% of the points (39/48) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 33% points (10/30) on her second serve. The French player won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points after she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Sabalenka
On the other side, Aryna was struggling when converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Garcia and Sabalenka is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Caroline Garcia vs. Petra Kvitova – stats
Garcia will fight against Kvitova in the final.
This will be the 9th time that Caroline Garcia and Petra Kvitova fight against each other. The head to head is 5-3 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kvitova won 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in Madrid back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
The French player in this set was in much better shape than Aryna and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Sabalenka in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The French player was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Caroline didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 43 points. Garcia won 13 points more than Aryna (28-15). Caroline was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Aryna won the set after she broke the French player 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Caroline tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, Aryna stayed solid to win the set 6-4.
The Belarussian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40). In addition on the other side, the French player was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Belarussian won just 3 more points than Garcia (35-32). Aryna surrendered 19 points on serve (21-19). On the other side, Caroline conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Caroline won the set after she broke Aryna in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Sabalenka was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Garcia converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Sabalenka was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 49 points. Caroline won 9 more points than Sabalenka (29-20). The French player lost 11 points on serve (20-11). on the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 9 points on serve (9-9).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Madison KeysKeys (6-76 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-2 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Gianni RossRoss (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Felipe MantillaMantilla – Evan KingKing (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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