Jasmine Paolini clears first hurdle in Doha
WTA 1000 Doha: Jasmine Paolini-Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-4
Jasmine Paolini's adventure at the Doha WTA 1000 began in the best possible way. The Italian number one, in fact, defeated French Caroline Garcia in her debut with a score of 6-3 6-4, after an hour and thirteen minutes of play.
The match started uphill for the Italian, who lost her serve in the opening game. However, the reaction è immediate and first she recovers the break disadvantage then flies away in the score thanks to a partial five games to one. At that point, è only a formalityà for the Tuscan player to close the partial on 6-3.
The second set followed the same score as the first, as è è again Garcia placed the first stretch, but Paolini, once again, did not give up and immediately brought herself back to parity. In the seventh game, in addition, came the second break of the partial for the world number four, who è skillfully managed it until the final 6-4.
In the next round, Jasmine Paolini will face the winner of the match between Russian Ludmila Samsonova and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.
