Caroline Garcia did not exist against Iga Swiatek in the second round of the WTA 1000 of Indian Wells. Varvara Gracheva was also eliminated, by world n ° 11 Mirra Andreeva.
In view of their current level, it would have taken a huge feat to see at least one French in the third round of the WTA 1000 of Indian Wells. But neither Caroline Garcia ni Varvara Gracheva managed to create the sensation in California. Opposed to the world n ° 2 IGA Swiatek, which she had beaten once in five until then, the Lyonnaise had a huge test, she who has won only two games since her end of the premature season last September due to physical and mental wear. But she completely missed her match, losing 6-2, 6-0 in 1h02 against the title holder.
If Garcia, a breakaway from the start of the match, managed to break up in the process, she then quickly underwent the law of the Polish, which breed again at 1-1, then once again at 4-2, before pocket the Channel on its second opportunity. The second set was even more catastrophic for the French, who did not win the slightest game, despite two 3-1 balls on the service of his opponent. Caroline Garcia stops there, and will still lose a few places in the classification (she is virtually 72nd) since she had reached the third round last year. We will find her in Miami in ten days. For its part, IGA Swiatek will challenge in the third round Dayanana Yastremska (46th), which easily beat ons Jabeur 6-3, 6-1 in 1:10.
Very high and very low for Gracheva
Varvara Gracheva, on the other hand, challenged Mirra Andreeva, who played her first match since her victory at the WTA 1000 in Dubai. And the Russian, already 11th in the world at 17, beat its former compatriot on the score of 7-5, 6-4 in 1h44, almost the same score as during the last Roland-Garros. The world 70th has shown good resistance, but ended up bowing, weighed down in particular by its five double-fautes and six gradeed breaks. Gracheva started the match very badly, being carried out 4-0, then 5-1. But she woke up and largely worried her opponent, equalizing at 5-5 just after Andva had missed a set. However, the Frenchwoman failed to stay on her momentum, and lost her service again at 5-5. Gracheva then concluded on a white game. In the second set, it was the French who led 4-0 30-30. But she then completely lost her means and sold six games in a row, and therefore the match!
Funny scenario for the French n ° 1, which alternated the very good and the catastrophic in this meeting. She will try to do better in Miami. Andreeva will face the one she has just beaten in the final in Dubai, Clara Tauson. Among the other results of the night, we will note the qualification of the world n ° 4 Jessica Pegula (6-4, 6-2 against Linette), the n ° 9 Qinwen Zheng (6-3, 6-4 against Azarenka), of the n ° 14 Danielle Collins (5-7, 6-2, 6-4 against Baptiste) and the n ° 23 Elina Svitolina (6-1- 6-7, 6-3 against Krueger), and the elimination of n ° 26 Jelena Ostapenko (6-4, 6-4 against Wang).
