Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia won her first career WTA title on Sunday at the Claro Open Colsanitas in Bogota with a straight sets win over tournament top seed Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 6-4. Jankovic was the defending champion of this WTA International-level event.
“I’m very happy to win my first WTA title,” Garcia said. “It was a good week for me. It’s never easy playing with the altitude – it’s hard to adapt, and my level was going up and down throughout the week – but I think I adjusted well and I probably played my best match of the week today in the final.
“I’m also really happy I was able to beat Jelena in the final. She’s a really nice girl and a great player – she was the No.1 player in the world – and I had to play the best I could today to beat her.
“To win a WTA title is always a goal. Today is the best day I could imagine.”
Garcia’s ranking will zoom up to as high as number 51 with the title win. She has a lot to celebrate as she also won the doubles event with Lara Arruabarrena.
