Caroline Garcia confirms her return to form. Quarter-finalist last week at the San Diego Open, the French number 1 defeated the American Hailey Baptiste in two sets (7-5, 6-4) last night to reach the quarter-finals. final in Guadalajara. The Lyonnaise takes her revenge on her opponent who beat her in the first round of the 2022 Australian Open (4-6 7-6 6-3).
For a place in the semi-final, the Lyonnaise, now 11th in the world, will challenge the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (seeded number 10) who easily won against the Russian Veronika Kudermetova (n°7) in two short sets, 6 -2, 6-1. “It’s my first victory against Veronika,” rejoiced the former world No.1, aged 34. “I played intelligently, with good tactics and good intelligence.”
In the other results of the night, the Italian Martina Trevisan, 54th in the world, created a surprise by eliminating the number 1 seed, the Tunisian Ons Jabeur. The Greek Maria Sakkari (seeded n°2) for her part held her place by calmly dismissing (6-2, 6-2) another Italian, Camila Giorgi.
The results of the round of 16 of the WTA tournament in Guadalajara played on Wednesday:
Martina Trevisan (ITA) bat Ons Jabeur (TUN/N.1) 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, 6-3
Caroline Dolehide (USA) bat Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS/N.8) 6-1, 6-2
Leylah Fernandez (CAN) beat Emma Navarro (USA) 6-2, 6-3
Sofia Kenin (USA) beat Jelena Ostapenko (LAT/N.6) 6-4, 7-5
Victoria Azarenka (BLR/N.10) beat Veronika Kudermetova (RUS/N.7) 6-2, 6-1
Caroline Garcia (FRA/N.3) bats Hailey Baptiste (USA) 7-5, 6-4
Emiliana Arango (COL) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
Maria Sakkari (GRE/N.2) beat Camila Giorgi (ITA) 6-2, 6-2
