Caroline Garcia exited the WTA tournament in Zhengzhou in the round of 16, the Frenchwoman was abruptly eliminated by Jasmine Paolini (world No. 31) after a controversy in which she missed four match points (6-3, 4-6, 5). – 7).

Jasmine Paolini knocked out Caroline Garcia in the round of 16 of WTA Zhengzhou

The first set brought the most breaks: the Italian was vulnerable from the start, giving up three games on serve, and the set went back to her opponent with a score of 6-3.

The second set was balanced, and the fragile difference happened after the only break: 6-4. Jasmin managed to delay the outcome, and the match would enter the decisive stage.

The third set came with even greater balance: the breaks disappeared in the first nine games, and in the tenth (with the score 5-4 in favor of Carolina) the Frenchwoman had three of four games. He missed them, and the set continued with a new draw (5-5).

It was a moment that weighed heavily on Garcia’s mind: he dropped his serve and then couldn’t do anything in return: 7-5 in favor of Paolini. The game lasted two hours and 17 minutes.

Also on Wednesday, Angelina Kalinina beat Vera Zvonaryova with a score of 7-5, 6-1.

The Zhengzhou Open takes place from October 9 to 15 on hard, is part of the WTA 500 category and has a total prize fund of $780,637. The only previous edition of the tournament (in 2019) was won by Karolina Pliskova.