Caroline Garcia has been sidelined this season and the Frenchwoman also crashed out in the first round at Cincinnati, the WTA 1000 event she won last year.

Caroline Garcia lost to Sloane Stephens at the WTA in Cincinnati

The sixth ranked player in the world was defeated in three sets by American Sloane Stephens (38 WTA), score 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

2022 was a dream year for Caroline: she triumphed in Bad Homburg, Warsaw, Cincinnati and the Tournament of Champions.

The 2017 US Open champion Stephens will play the winner of the match between the Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova (10 WTA, Wimbledon winner) and Russia’s Anastasia Potapova (27 WTA) in the next round.

Belinda Bencic and Lyudmila Samsonova were eliminated in the first round of WTA Cincinnati

Tokyo Olympics and 14th WTA gold medalist Belinda Bencic lost to Iberian Christina Buchi (84th WTA, player born in Chisinau), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

A semi-finalist in Washington and a finalist in Montreal, Russia’s Lyudmila Samsonova (12 WTA) was a no-show in Cincinnati and lost to Linda Noskova (50 WTA), 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. The Czech (18 years old) is one of the most promising players in the WTA tournament.

The Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati) is a WTA 1000 event. The tournament is played on hard from August 14 to 20, 2023, has a total prize pool of $2,788,468, and has a starting main draw of 64 players. Titled champion – Caroline Garcia.