Caroline Garcia joined soon-to-be-number-one Simona Halep in the final of the China Open by beating Petra Kvitova 6-3 7-5 in a semifinal featuring two players sporting the same new Nike’s winter kit, the hydrogen blue Premier Slam Tank and the thunder blue Power Spin Skirt.
The unseeded Garcia quickly enjoyed a 4-0 lead in the first set, with both of those breaks coming when Kvitova double-faulted on a break point! The Czech did manage to break back in the fifth game, but her improvement arrived late, as Garcia rolled to 6-3 in the set in which both players recorded more unforced errors than winners.