Caroline Garcia and Jasmine Paolini will take on each other in the quarter-final of the 2023 WTA Lyon Open on February 3.
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When Caroline Garcia faced dangerous indoor hardcourt player Alison Van Uytvanck, she made sure to fully capitalise on the home crowd and defeated her with a score of 2-6, 6-0, 6-1. In the final two sets, she kept the Belgian from holding serve and dominated with 20 winners to just nine unforced mistakes. She overcame a break deficit in the second set of her first round match against Tereza Martincova, winning 6-4, 7-6. She has participated in local competitions for four years running; in 2020, she lost to Alison Van Uytvanck in the quarterfinals, and in 2022, she advanced to the semifinals.
Jasmine Paolini left Australia with a record of 1-3; her lone victory came against Patricia Maria Tig, who is ranked No. 790 in the world. Rebeka Masarova, who finished second in Auckland last month, and 18-year-old Erika Andreeva were two qualifiers she beat in straight sets and at a cost of five games each in Lyon. The Italian has become a proficient hardcourt player. Up until September 2021, she only played one WTA quarterfinal on this surface, but she is about to play her seventh (3-3) in the previous 18 months. She won her first career title at the 2021 Portoroz, recently advanced to the Cluj-Napoca final, and in October took home a W100 title in Spain.
| Caroline Garcia vs Jasmine Paolini | Match details |
|---|---|
| Date | February 3, 2023 |
| Surface | Hard courts |
| Tournament | Lyon Open |
| Stage | Quarter-final |
| Time (India) | 10 pm |
| Time (France) | 5:30 pm |
As expected, world no. 4 Caroline Garcia has made a fine start to the 2023 season. The Frenchwoman has won four out of her last five matches. Her one defeat came against Magda Linette in the fourth round of the Australian Open. In Lyon, she has defeated Tereza Martincova and Alison van Uytvanck so far.
| Opponent | Score |
|---|---|
| Alison van Uytvanck | 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 (W) |
| Tereza Martincova | 6-4, 7-6 (W) |
| Magda Linette | 7-6, 6-4 (L) |
| Laura Siegemund | 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 (W) |
| Leylah Fernandez | 7-6, 7-5 (W) |
Jasmine Paolini has picked up three wins in her last five matches. In Lyon, the Italian has defeated Erika Andreeva and Rebeka Masarova so far after being ousted by Liudmila Samsonova in the Australian Open. She has also defeated Patricia Maria Tig in the Hobart International.
| Opponent | Score |
|---|---|
| Erika Andreeva | 6-2, 6-3 (W) |
| Rebeka Masarova | 6-3, 6-2 (W) |
| Liudmila Samsonova | 6-2, 6-4 (L) |
| Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 6-2, 6-1 (L) |
| Patricia Maria Tig | 6-3, 6-1 (W) |
3-0 is Caroline Garcia’s advantage. In the first rounds of the US Open in 2020 and Lausanne in mid-July, as well as in the semifinal of Warsaw in late-July, she has swept all three matches in convincing straight sets. Last year in Lyon, Jasmine Paolini advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to Dayana Yastremska, 6-4, 7-6.
| Tournament | Winer | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 Poland Open | Caroline Garcia | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 2022 Ladies Open Lausanne | Caroline Garcia | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 2020 US Open | Caroline Garcia | 6-3, 6-2 |
Caroline Garcia and Jasmine Paolini will take on each other in the quarter-final of the 2023 WTA Lyon Open on February 3.
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