Caroline Garcia was crowned the champion of the 2022 Cincinnati Open. The Frenchwoman defeated Petra Kvitova 6-2, 6-4 in an hour and 42 minutes in the final played on Sunday. Garcia won only 29% of her second-serve points to Kvitova’s 52%.
However, she was able to win 82% of her first-serve points as compared to the Czech winning 67% of her first-serve points. She also hit 11 aces, nine more than Kvitova’s tally. In terms of break points, Garcia saved all eight break points she faced while converting three of the four break points that came her way on Kvitova’s serve.
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After the win, Garcia said, “Pure joy, I think. Just happiness. Every single win is very important. Every title is very special, [WTA] 250, 1000, it’s always very hard to describe it.
It’s not happening so often, and you have to really enjoy it. I’m really grateful for this great week of tennis, and to win another title, it’s very special. Every match, every day was a new day, new challenge. Every time I had to be focused on myself, on my game, what can I do, how I can be more aggressive, how can I improve.
Just one day at a time I ended up here today in the final and now lifting the trophy. The (WTA) 1000, everything goes so fast. You have to refocus every morning. It’s a tough challenge, but I’m really happy the way we made it through”.
The Cincinnati Open title´s the third WTA 1000 tournament that Caroline Garcia´s won in her career. It´s come after almost five years, since she won two consecutive titles of the same stature in China, in Wuhan and Beijing, in 2017.
In fact, following this run, the 28-year-old’s won all three finals she’s contested in a tournament at this level. Overall, this is the 10th title of Garcia’s career, and the third that’s she won this year after the Bad Homburg Open in Germany and the Poland Open. Photo Credit: WTA Insider Twitter
