Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, 46th player in the world, was eliminated Friday in the quarterfinals of the Lyon tournament by Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck (62nd) in two sets (6-2, 6-2). There is no longer any Frenchwoman in the table. Garcia, seeded number 3, involved, notably financially, in the organization of the Lyonnais tournament of which it is the first edition, which had beaten during the two previous rounds two other Belgian players, Greet Minen and Ysaline Bonaventure, n ' has never found the solution against an opponent offering great variations in the game and covering the field well. She bowed in 1 hour and 10 minutes.
"It's hard to tell yourself that the score is so dry because it's 6-2, 6-2 but I feel like I have had chances."
Caroline Garcia“It's hard to tell yourself that the score is so dry because it's 6-2, 6-2 but I feel like I have had chances. It served both areas well and it was difficult for me to anticipate. She served very well at important times. She didn't give me a lot of points, ”said the Lyonnaise. "She can be feverish on her return from the backhand but on the best service I have been able to do, the ball came back even faster", she added, nevertheless estimating that the second set "was played at nothing. There is a turning point that I didn't manage to take but my opponent saved these break points as well as I had, ”admitted Garcia.
Van Uytvanck, seeded number 5, 26, will face American semi-final player Sofia Kenin (21) on Saturday in the semi-finals, who struggled hard to beat France's Océane Dodin (130th) earlier today in three rounds (6-1, 6-7, 6-2). The latter notably won the second set after being led 5-2 but also 5-1 in the decisive game. Seed number 1 in the event, Kenin, who had saved a match point against Romanian Jaqueline Cristian in the previous round, reached the semi-finals of a tournament for the first time since winning the Open d 'Australia, February 2. In the other two quarter-finals, the German Anna-Lena Friedsam won in three rounds against the Slovak Viktoria Kuzmova (3-6, 7-6, 6-2). Friedsam, who eliminated Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic on Thursday, will face Russia's Darya Kasatkina, who beat Italian Camila Giorgi (6-2, 4-6, 6-2), in the semi-finals.
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