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Garcia won 25 of 30 first-service points (83.3
percent) and finished with a 10-4 edge in aces over the American
up-and-comer, but she had to overcome a 5-3 deficit in the first
set and save a set point before taking the lead. Stearns saved
two set points in the 12th game to force the tiebreaker, where
Garcia won the final three points before taking control of the
second set.
Garcia's next opponent will be China's Lin Zhu, who took down
Austria's Julia Grabher 6-4, 6-1. Zhu converted five of seven
break-point opportunities while saving break point six out of
eight times.
Xinyu Wang of China upset 11th seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy
6-4, 6-3, in the quarterfinals, while in the round of 32,
Germany's Tatjana Maria outlasted Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva
6-2, 2-6, 6-1 in an hour and 51 minutes.
Denmark's Clara Tauson, who on Monday upset Czech No. 2 seed
Barbora Krejcikova in the first round, retired from her
second-round match against Canadian Leylah Fernandez on Tuesday
after losing the first set 6-0.
--Field Level Media
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