Top-seeded Carolina Garcia defeated No. 4 Elise Mertens in straight sets Saturday to advance to the finals of the Abierto GNP Seguros at Monterrey, Mexico.
The Frenchwoman took the semifinal 6-3, 6-4.
She’ll play No. 3 Donna Vekic of Croatia, a 7-5, 6-2 winner over fifth-seeded Lin Zhu of China.
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Both Americans lost in the semifinals in Austin, Texas.
Fourth-seeded Danielle Collins dropped a 6-4, 6-3 result to No. 8 Marta Kostyuk in one semifinal, and Varvara Gracheva defeated Katie Volynets 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the other semi.
–Field Level Media