The Frenchwoman beat the Italian Jasmine Paolini this Friday (7-5, 7-5) in the quarter-finals.
The French Caroline Garcia, 5th player in the world, qualified for the semi-finals of the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Lyon on Friday by winning in two tight sets 7-5, 7-5 at the expense of the Italian Jasmine Paolini (N.66) in 1 hour 45 minutes.
Garcia, who reached the last four of the tournament of which she is seeded N.1 and ambassador, for the second year in a row, was able to rely on a good quality of service to beat a very combative opponent.
The French, who had already battled in her previous matches against the Czech Tereza Martincova (6-4, 7-6 (7/4)) then the Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck (2-6, 6-0, 6-1) , will face in the semi-final the Colombian Camila Osorio (N.73) or the Czech Linda Noskova (N.56), from the qualifications, who play in the evening.