Tennis: Top seed Caroline Garcia wins Volvo Car Open opening match
Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:35:am Sports
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Top-seeded Caroline Garcia of France defeated Varvara Lepchenko of the United States 6-2, 6-3 in her first match at the WTA's Volvo Car Open on Tuesday.
Garcia broke Lepchenko three times in the opening set to take control in her first clay-court match of the season.
No. 3 seeded Daria Kasatkina needed three sets before beating Christina McHale of the United States 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
Other seeded players winning at the Daniel Island Tennis Center were No. 9 Ashleigh Barty of Australia, No. 13 Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania and Elena Vesnina of Russia.
Barty topped American Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-2, Begu defeated Georgina Garcia Perez of Spain 6-3, 6-4 and Vesnina defeated American Madison Brengle 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.
Kristie Ahn of the United States defeated past champion and former US Open winner Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-2, 6-4.
Garcia said she worked hard after the Miami Open to prepare for the clay-court event and was happy with her performance against Lepchenko.
"But as we have French Open, like of course we like this season," Garcia said. "But I don't know if I'm a clay-court person or not. I just enjoy it as much as I enjoy hard court."
Garcia, ranked seventh in the world, had a breakout season in 2017 with titles in consecutive weeks in China at Wuhan and Beijing.
ESPN
Garcia broke Lepchenko three times in the opening set to take control in her first clay-court match of the season.
No. 3 seeded Daria Kasatkina needed three sets before beating Christina McHale of the United States 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
Other seeded players winning at the Daniel Island Tennis Center were No. 9 Ashleigh Barty of Australia, No. 13 Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania and Elena Vesnina of Russia.
Barty topped American Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-2, Begu defeated Georgina Garcia Perez of Spain 6-3, 6-4 and Vesnina defeated American Madison Brengle 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.
Kristie Ahn of the United States defeated past champion and former US Open winner Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-2, 6-4.
Garcia said she worked hard after the Miami Open to prepare for the clay-court event and was happy with her performance against Lepchenko.
"But as we have French Open, like of course we like this season," Garcia said. "But I don't know if I'm a clay-court person or not. I just enjoy it as much as I enjoy hard court."
Garcia, ranked seventh in the world, had a breakout season in 2017 with titles in consecutive weeks in China at Wuhan and Beijing.
ESPN
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