​Caroline Garcia had an exceptional 2022 and won the Champions Tour, but the Frenchwoman also had a rough start to the season, losing to Magda Lynette in the round of 16 at the Australian Open on Monday.

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Caroline Garcia defeated by Magda Lynette

Garcia, the fourth seed from Melbourne, made a great start to the match at Rod Laver Arena and won twice on her opponent’s serve (leading 3-0) but surrendered the initiative and Lynette won the set in a tiebreak 7-6(3). .

The answer was balanced, and the athlete from Poland made the only break in the ninth game. Magda ended the game after nearly two hours of play, 6-4.

Magda Lynette (WTA No. 45) will play in the quarters against Karolina Pliskova (WTA No. 31), who beat China’s Shuai Zhang (seed No. 23) 6-0, 6-4.