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Tennis News: French tennis player Caroline Garcia fought tooth and nail to avoid defeat in the second round of Wimbledon in the 2023 season.

This season, Canadian tennis player Leylah Annie Fernandez has lost all three encounters against the top 5, but no one knows what will happen when she meets the fifth seed.

In what could have been one of the shock defeats at Wimbledon this season after the match had to be decided via a third-set tiebreaker, the French national avoided defeat by snatching a 3-6 6- 4 7-6 over US Open runners. -up this 2021 season, Annie Fernandez.

“I wouldn’t say I found my groove,” Garcia said as he corrected reporters’ questions. “I mean I just won 7-6 in the third round. I could probably cry in the shower right now. How tight the last set was.

Annie Fernandez lost to the fifth seed in their two encounters this season at the Australian Open and Indian Wells, but managed to steal the opening set in their second-round encounter at Wimbledon. However, the French national managed to equalize by winning the second set before dominating the third set tie-break.

Grass courts are already the right pitches to attack the French national and he has the stats to prove it. Among active tennis players, only Petra Kvitova (6) and Venus Williams (5) have won more titles on grass than the French national who has won three titles on grass.

“Obviously I play an aggressive game, so it seems like grass pitches should suit players like that better,” Garcia said. “When you come to the grass pitch, you have a month for a new chapter, a new season. It doesn’t matter how you’ve played before.”

The 32nd seed Marie Bouzkova will next face Garcia in the third round at Wimbledon after the Czech crushed Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-1 6-2.

Bouzkova has won her two previous encounters with Garcia, including in the fourth round at Wimbledon last season.

Meanwhile, 19th seed Victoria Azarenka booked her third round match against 11th seed Daria Kasatkina after the former world No. 1 beat Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska 6-3, 6-0.

30th seed Petra Martic also avoided defeat after beating French national Diane Parry 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 and in the third round the Croatian national will face first seed Iga Swiatek.

The 13th seed, Beatriz Haddad Maia also had to give up the first set before earning a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Romanian national Jaqueline Cristian. In the third round, she will meet Cristian’s compatriot, Sorana Cirstea, who beat 17th seed Jelena Ostapenko 4-6, 7-6, 6-4.

Article tags: Tennis, Wimbledon, Caroline Garcia, Leylah Annie Fernandez, Victoria Azarenka