Seeded No. 1 and No. 5 in the world, Garcia reached the final without dropping a set, but fell short of her 12th WTA title, her first since the WTA Finals in Austin at the end of last year.
Mexico City, March 5 (AP) — The Croatian Donna Vekic gave a surprise on Sunday and defeated the French Caroline Garcia 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to be crowned champion of the Monterey Open.
Vekic, who was the third seed in the mexican tournamentbattalion for almost three hours to get the fourth championship of his career.
The Croatian, who is 31 in the world and has not been crowned since last year in Courmayeur, has a solid season in which he is now 10-2 and in which he reached the quarterfinals in the past Australian Open.
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Donna Vekic is the new champion of the Monterrey Open, closed a great week by beating Caroline Garcia in the final 6-4 3-6 and 7-5
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— Iván Aguilar (@ivabianconero) March 6, 2023
Seeded No. 1 and No. 5 in the world, Garcia reached the final without dropping a set, but fell short of her 12th WTA title, her first since the WTA Finals in Austin at the end of last year.
The Monterrey Open takes place on the hard courts of the Sonoma club in that city located in the north of the country and distributes $250,000 in prizes.
