Facing Osaka, who began a comeback at the beginning of January after more than a year without playing (a period during which she gave birth to a child), the French N.1, more solid in the exchange, obtained the three first break points at 1-1, all of which Osaka saved with winning shots. Garcia finally converted the fourth, which came in at 2-2, to break away 4-2 and serve to win the set at 5-4.
But the Frenchwoman, once again a victim of her emotions, then collapsed. She lost her last two serves of the set without making a single point and found herself trailing 1 set to 0. In the second set, it was again Garcia who obtained the first break point, at 2-2, not exploited. Both players kept their serves until 5-4, the moment Caroline Garcia chose to lose hers, and the match.
