Caroline Garcia, fifth player in the world, lost Saturday in the third round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid against the Egyptian Mayar Sherif (59th) 7-6 (7/2), 6-3. Showing a lot of nervousness, Garcia broke down on serve in the tie-break of the first set, and failed to overturn the match.
Dispensed from the first round, Garcia had appeared feverish in the previous round. While leading 6-3, 4-0, she almost saw the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (52nd) come back to 4 everywhere but ended up winning. Irregular since the start of the year, Caroline Garcia has not managed to chain three victories in a row since the Monterrey tournament in early March, where she lost in the final against the Croatian Donna Vekic.
