Carolina Garcia wins crazy match against Kasatkina to book WTA Finals semi-finals

Caroline Garcia needed well over two hours to solve the Kasatkina riddle but she was able to do so winning 4-6 6-1 7-6(5).

It was a comeback win for Garcia against Kasatkina as the Russian player won the opening set 6-4. That set the tone early for the match and it was pretty evident that it would be a crazy match and it truly was. Kasatkina was up an early break 2-1 then Garcia took over 4-2 and then Kasatkina finished it off 6-4.

The second set was the only one that was clear from start to finish as Garcia smashed Kasatkina 6-1 to unleash all her anger built up over losing the opening set. The final one proved the superb one with all sorts of twists and turns.

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Even Navratilova who was sitting courtside was amazed by some of the things that were happening. They traded early breaks as Garcia went up 1-0 but Kasatkina made it 2-1. The Garcia went up 3-2 but Kasatkina pulled it back 3-3.

After that, we saw both players save multiple break points to force a tiebreak and it was one where the Russian made several uncharacteristic errors giving Garcia a clear edge. She used to close out the match 7-5 moving on to the semi-finals.

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