Caroline Garcia ousts Petra Kvitova 6-2 6-4 in the final in Cincinnati on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. This is the first time that Caroline conquered this tournament. Her best result in this tournament so far was reaching the 3rd round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Caroline added $ 169,200 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 412,000 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Caroline Garcia vs. Petra Kvitova Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Garcia’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:42
At the end of the match, Garcia scored 70 points vs. Kvitova’s 62.
Garcia
Caroline served extremely well to win 82% of the points (41/50) behind her first serve. Nevertheless, she won only 30% points (8/27) on her second serve. Caroline fired 11 aces and she committed 4 double faults. Caroline was pretty good at converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (3/4).
Kvitova
On the other side, the Czech wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Garcia and Kvitova is 4-5 for Petra.
This was the 10th career title for Caroline. (see list of titles and finals). Kvitova remains with 29th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Garcia enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Petra Kvitova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Garcia extended her lead after breaking Kvitova in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the French player won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Caroline converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Petra was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 60 points. Garcia won 6 more points than Kvitova (33-27). Garcia surrendered 14 points on serve (24-14). on the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 9 points on serve (13-9).
Garcia enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Petra Kvitova in the 1st game (1-0). That was sufficient for the French player to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.
Caroline was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, Kvitova was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 74 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Garcia won just 2 points more than Petra (38-36). Caroline dropped 15 points on serve (26-15). on the other side of the net, Petra conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).
