No Moscow Wild Card For Caroline Garcia
<![CDATA[The Frenchwoman's last-second request has been denied.]]>
Caroline Garcia may not have the chance to protect her lead in the Race to Singapore standings next week. That’s because tennis’ hottest player has been denied a wild card by the Kremlin Cup.
Kremlin Cup director Selivanenko about not giving WC to Garcia: It's our right. Our priority is Russian players (Championat. com).
— Ilya Ryvlin (@ryvlin) October 9, 2017
Reportedly the last-second request could not be filled because the tournament already had plans for their wild cards. Garcia's agent Sam Duvall tweeted that the issue is more about the WTA reserving two wild cards for exempt player, which will likely go unused in Moscow.Garcia may request a wild card from the BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open. If she does not play, Johanna Konta can pass her in the Race to Singapore standings by reaching the final at Moscow. Garcia’s lead is 185 points. ]]>
Chris Oddo. Chris Oddo is a freelance sportswriter, podcaster, blogger and social media marker who is a lead contributor to Tennisnow.com. He also writes for USOpen.org, Rolandgarros.com, BNPParibasOpen.com, TennisTV.com, WTAtennis.com and the official US Open program.
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