Garcia beats Kvitova to win Western & Southern title

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Caroline Garcia generated momentum going into subsequent week’s U.S. Open, capturing the Western & Southern Open girls’s championship with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Petra Kvitova on Sunday.

Garcia, already the primary qualifier to achieve the match remaining, clinched the victory when Kvitova despatched a second serve return into the web. Garcia dropped to her knees and lay on her again on the court docket after the ultimate level.

The 28-year-old French lady went into Sunday’s match with a WTA Tour-leading 25 wins since June.

The Twenty eighth-ranked Kvitova and Thirty fifth-ranked Garcia each shook off first-round losses the earlier week in Toronto to make their first appearances in a Cincinnati remaining.

Garcia broke her Czech opponent within the first sport, and raced to a 4-0 lead. Garcia additionally gained an early edge with a primary sport break within the second set.

Kvitova, 32, left the court docket for therapy of an harm after falling behind 2-0 within the second set. She appeared sharper after returning however couldn’t overcome the early break.