By Tennis Now | Saturday, July 16, 2022
Petra Martic defefeated sixth-seeded Caroline Garcia 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to reach her fifth career final on the red clay of Lausanne.
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Petra Martic continues to play Swiss Open seed slayer.
Winless in six prior sets vs. Caroline Garcia, Martic flipped the script today.
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The 31-year-old Croatian won five of the final seven games topping the sixth-seeded Garcia 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to reach her fifth career final on the red clay of Lausanne.
The 85th-ranked Martic beat Bad Homburg champion Garcia for the first time in four meetings.
Martic will play for her second career title and first since 2019 Istanbul tomorrow.
"It's a big deal for me ... it's been a while since I've been in a final," Martic said. "I was just happy that I managed to raise my level from one match to another. Today, I played my best match and my best tennis when it was needed."
Martic will meet Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic in tomorrow's final.
The 124th-ranked Danilovic continued her inspired run through the field dispatching Anastasia Potapova 6-3, 6-2 to power into the final.
The woman who saved match point in her second-round win over Anna Kalinskaya is the fifth qualifier to reach a WTA final this season.
The 21-year-old from Belgrade beat Martic in their lone prior meeting. Danilovic scored a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win over Martic in the 2021 Australian Open first round.