Caroline Garcia wins two games in first set and then allows onlyone in the next two sets en route to a Lyon Open comeback win

Caroline Garcia had a really interesting time tonight at the Lyon Open losing the opening set 2-6 against van Uytvanck but then winning the next one 6-0 and then the one after 6-1.

Caroline Garcia is the top seed in Lyon and many expect her to win the event in the city where she grew up. She received the highest citizen honour given out by the city of Lyon several months ago when she won the WTA Finals so this is a chance for her to make this a proper celebration. It didn't look very good to start as van Uytvanck played a really solid set taking it 6-2.

The French player was all over the place in the opening set missing far too many balls. She corrected that in the next set in a major way. The score was 6-0 for her but there was quite a bit of battling in that set. She didn't win games that easily but she was the far better player after finally getting into a good rhythm.

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The final set wasn't much better for van Uytvanck as Garcia kept hitting the ball extremely well and it ended 6-1 for her. A smashing win for Garcia who looks ready to take this to the finish line.

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