Caroline Garcia rolls past Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Fort Worth on Sunday after playing a remarkable match to come up against Aryna Sabalenka in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the semifinal in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Caroline Garcia vs. Maria Sakkari WTA Finals – Fort Worth
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the French player scored 59 points vs. Maria’s 40.
Garcia
The French player served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (15/27) on her second serve. The French player didn’t lose the focus when converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).
Sakkari
On the other side, Sakkari wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Garcia and Sakkari is 3-0 for Caroline.
Draw and next match H2H: Caroline Garcia vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Garcia will come up against Sabalenka in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Caroline Garcia and Aryna Sabalenka fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Garcia and Sabalenka (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Garcia won 6-2 4-6 6-1 in the semifinal in Cincinnati back in August 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Garcia won the set after she broke Maria in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Sakkari tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Notwithstanding, Caroline kept the focus to conquer the set 6-3.
Garcia converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, Sakkari was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 47 points. Garcia was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Sakkari (29-18). Caroline lost 9 points on serve (19-9). In addition, on the other side, the Greek conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).
Garcia started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Garcia managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Maria in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
Certainly, a key moment was when Garcia won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
The French player was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, Maria was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (0-3 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 40-A).
They played 52 points. Caroline was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Sakkari (30-22). Caroline surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the court, the Greek conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Tennis Scores in Fort Worth
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-2 2-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Caroline GarciaGarcia (2-2) – H2H details and stats