Tennis News: Statistically, Caroline Garcia is one of the most aggressive tennis players of the 2023 season. She excels at getting aces, winners and hits in the net area.
The 29-year-old – perhaps not coincidentally – is also the woman with the most wins so far in 2024 and is now 17-6 after claiming a 6-4 6-7 6-1 win over Leylah Annie Fernandez in the third round. of the BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells.
The fifth seed is now in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open for the fourth time, but has never made it past that stage. She managed to pull off the best feat in Indian Wells with a victory over Romanian national, Sorana Cirstea, who became her opponent in the fourth round. He won their previous two meetings in Toronto in 2017 and Madrid in 2019, but both matches had to be settled in straight sets.
“Losing in the second set and in the tie-break, I tried to defend as hard as I could with good intensity and lots of effort,” Garcia said.
“So that’s the best I did in the third set. I put more pressure on him and I’m very happy with the win.”
The previous meeting between the two tennis players which occurred earlier this season at the Australian Open was determined by a very small margin, namely 7-6, 7-5. In this encounter, the strength of the French national on slower courts and in more difficult conditions gave him more of an advantage. His shots have more depth, speed and regularity. Canadian tennis player Annie Fernandez, known for her strong defensive game, was ultimately unable to defeat the French tennis player.
At the start of this match, 30th seed Annie Fernandez had four wins over the top 10 players, but three of them – victories over Aryna Sabalenka, Elina Svitolina and Naomi Osaka – she won en route to the final. 2021 US Open final. Able to overcome fifth seed, for the first time in three visits to Indian Wells, he failed to advance to the fourth round.
Against Garcia in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open, Cirstea proved more convincing by beating the host, Bernarda Pera 6-3, 6-1.
Keywords: Tennis, BNP Paribas Open, Caroline Garcia, Leylah Annie Fernandez
“Social media fanatic. Problem solver. Bacon ninja. Communicator. Alcohol evangelist.”
