Alycia Parks surprises Caroline Garcia 7-6(7) 7-5 in the final in Lyon on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 7 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Alycia Parks vs. Caroline Garcia Open 6 Sens – Lyon
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:07
At the end of the match, the American scored 83 points vs. Garcia’s 78.
Parks
The American served very well to win 85% of the points (39/46) behind her first serve, and she won 57% points (21/37) on her second serve. Parks struck 15 aces and she committed 6 double faults. Alycia won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.
Garcia
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Parks and Garcia is 1-1.
This was the maiden title for Parks. This was her 3 final as she was the runner up in Acapulco 2015, in Monterrey 2015 and in Strasbourg 2019. Garcia remains with 11th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Parks won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.
Tiebreak
Parks won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (5-3) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Caroline won a minibreak in the 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Alycia wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A). Alycia saved 1 set point when she was trailing 6-7. On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 79 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alycia won just 3 points more than Garcia (41-38). The American lost 6 points on serve (32-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 9 points on serve (32-9).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Parks conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
They contested 83 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the American won barely 1 point more than Caroline (42-41). Alycia conceded 18 points on serve (29-18). In addition, on the other side, Caroline conceded 13 points on serve (23-13).
