Trailing by a set, French tennis player Caroline Garcia returned to her usual best and won a memorable match, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(5) in 80 minutes against Russian Daria Kasatkina and advanced to the semifinals in the WTA Finals here on Sunday.
The 28-year-old former world No.4 will surge back into the Top-20 on Monday after a week that saw her win eight matches in nine days, defeat three top-10 opponents, and overcame Kvitova to win her 10th career title, third of the season, and first WTA 1000 since 2017.
After winning her first match at Wimbledon on Monday, the 28-year-old Garcia predicted that her second-round clash against home favourites Raducanu was ticketed for Centre Court.
Sania and her French partner Caroline Garcia had inched past Russia’s Alla Kudryavtseva and Slovenia’s Katarina Srebotnik 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 on Tuesday in the first round of women's doubles.
The Sania-Garcia duo inched past Russia's Alla Kudryavtseva and Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 to face China's Saisai Zheng and Czech Barbora Krejcikova in the round of 16.
Wozniacki's next opponent will be Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, world number 42, who beat Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck 6-3, 6-2.
The opening Grand Slam of the year routinely challenges players and fans with its fickle weather
Maria Sharapova was untroubled by the heat, although she was on court in the morning and avoided the worse of it.
Svitolina, who is due to play this month's WTA Finals in Singapore, has been carrying a right groin strain.
"To win a title, it always means something because you finish the week undefeated," Garcia said.
