Iga Swiatek topples Caroline Garcia 6-7(8) 7-6(5) 6-1 in the quarter in Beijing on Friday. Swiatek will square off with Cori Gauff in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes.
The Pole added to her prize money $ 216,982 after winning this match. She has already won $ 402,000 so far in this event. If she wins the next match, the Pole will add $ 378,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 780,000.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Caroline Garcia China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Swiatek scored 113 points vs. Garcia’s 96.
Swiatek
Swiatek served pretty well to win 81% of the points (60/74) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 48% points (11/23) on her second serve. Swiatek didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).
Garcia
On the other side, Garcia was great in converting all her break points (2/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Swiatek and Garcia is 3-1 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Swiatek will take on Gauff in the semifinal.
This will be the 9th time that Iga Swiatek and Cori Gauff square off. The head to head is 7-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Gauff won 7-62 3-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Cincinnati back in August 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The French player won the set after she broke Iga .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 83 points. It’s worth to point out that, The French player won this set even if she scored less points 3 than Iga (40-43). Caroline dropped 10 points on serve (29-10). On the losing side, the Pole conceded 11 points on serve (33-11).
Iga won the set after she broke Garcia in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Caroline tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 6th (4-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 11th (5-6) game. However, Swiatek didn’t blink to conquer the set 7-6.
Iga converted 100% of her break points (3/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the French player was unerring in converting all her break points in the 6th (1-4 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40).
They contested 88 points. Swiatek conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Caroline (46-42). The Pole conceded 15 points on serve (22-15). on the other side of the court, the French player conceded 24 points on serve (27-24).
Swiatek had a racing start in this set after breaking Caroline Garcia in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Swiatek reinforced her lead after breaking the French player in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
The Pole converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Iga didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. The Pole conquered the set after winning 10 points more than the French player (24-14). Swiatek dropped 5 points on serve (14-5). on the other side of the court, Caroline conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-78 7-65 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-7) – H2H details and stats
