Relentless Sloane Stephens annihilates Garcia in the semifinal to set up a battle vs Linette at the Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole. HIGHLIGHTS – ROUEN RESULTS

Sloane Stephens breezes past Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Rouen on Saturday after playing a great match to come up against Magda Linette in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes.

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Stephens's Record

Highlights Sloane Stephens vs. Caroline Garcia Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole – Rouen

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Stephens

Garcia

6-3 6-2
1h:15

65

65

Total points

51

51

32

32

Winners

22

22

49%

49%

Ratio Winners

43%

43%

-- Serve --

0

0

Aces

1

1

1

1

Double Faults

3

3

78%

78%

1st in

67%

67%

70%

70%

1st won

58%

58%

32/46

32/46

1st won

22/38

22/38

46%

46%

2nd won

42%

42%

6/13

6/13

2nd won

8/19

8/19

-- Break Points --

4/10

4/10

Total

1/3

1/3

40%

40%

Won

33%

33%

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At the end of the match, Sloane scored 65 points vs. Garcia’s 51.

Stephens

The American won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Garcia

On the other side, Caroline was battling in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Stephens and Garcia is 4-5 for Caroline.

Draw and next match H2H: Sloane Stephens vs. Magda Linette – stats

Stephens will compete against Linette in the final.

This will be the 4^th time that Sloane Stephens and Magda Linette play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Stephens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Stephens won 7-5 6-3 in the 1^st round in Beijing back in 2019.

Live score progression and stats

Sloane won the set after she broke the French player in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (4-2) game. Caroline tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) game. Anyhow, the American kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.

The American converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5^th (3-2 30-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Garcia converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5^th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 40-A).

They played 71 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Stephens won just 1 point more than Garcia (36-35). Stephens conceded 16 points on serve (22-16). On the other side, Garcia conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).

Stephens in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay the French player and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Caroline in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

Stephens converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7^th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Sloane didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 45 points. The American won 13 more points than Caroline (29-16). The American dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Caroline conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

Tennis Scores in Rouen

• Sloane StephensStephens – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-3 6-2)
• Magda LinetteLinette – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-1 4-6 6-2)

Upcoming matches

• Magda LinetteLinette – Sloane StephensStephens (0-3) – H2H details and stats