Paris (AFP)
France's Caroline Garcia had to fight Thursday to get through the first round at the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, Calif., And to rule out Belgian Kirsten Flipkens, out of qualifying, in three sets 5-7, 6-4, 6- 0.
Badly embarked on the meeting, quickly led 4-1 in the first set, Garcia had managed to pick up the score, but the 35-year-old Belgian, 132nd in the WTA standings, had won all the same.
The next two rounds were on the other hand easier for the Frenchwoman, 59th in the world, who will meet in the next round the American Cori Gauff, 19th in the world.
On the other hand, the young Frenchwoman Elsa Jacquemot was eliminated Thursday 6-2, 6-4 by the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, 75th in the world.
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