© © Getty Images Sport – Dylan Buell
Caroline Garcia made it through to the quarter-finals of the Cleveland Open on Tuesday. The Frenchwoman, who’s the top seed in the Ohian event this week, beat Peyton Stearns 7-6(4), 6-3 in an hour and 37 minutes in their second-round clash.Garcia hit 10 aces and had seven double faults.
She still finished the match by winning 83% of her first-serve points to her opponent’s 69%. She also won 50% of her second-serve points and 56% points on return on the American’s second serve. The 29-year-old saved two of the four break points she faced while converting four of 11 break points on Stearns’ serve.This is the first time since June that Garcia’s reached the quarter-finals of a WTA tournament.
The French player made it to the Bett1 Open quarter-finals in Berlin in the grass season, before Wimbledon. That time, she’d lost to eventual champion Petra Kvitova. Now, in the US, she will play Lin Zhu.Zhu defeated Austrian Julia Grabher 6-4, 6-1 in their round-of-16 match.
Cleveland Open: Seeds’ results, a mixed-bag
On Wednesday, Tatjana Maria made it to the quarter-finals after receiving a walkover from fifth Anhelina Kalinina before their…
