In full confidence, the 28 -year -old player dominated the American Coco Gauff on Tuesday in two rounds. She will face the Tunisian Ons Jabeur for a place in the final.
Le Monde with AFP
His destructive arm has, once again, does the job. The French Caroline Garcia qualified, Tuesday, September 6, for the semi-finals of the US Open by beating with authority the young American Coco Gauff in two sleeves (6-3, 6-4).
This is the first time that Caroline Garcia has reached the last square of a Grand Chelem tournament in simple, she who won Roland-Garros twice in double with her compatriot Kristina Mladenovic, especially last June.
Arrived in full confidence in New York, the 28-year-old Frenchwoman, 17
“The head that buzzes”
“I don’t know how to describe what I feel, the energy was crazy, my head is buzzing,” said Caroline Garcia after the meeting.
The raging fist as usual after each important point won, the Lyonnaise rolled out her score wonderfully, taking the ball very early and dictating her law in exchanges, as she has been doing since the start of the New York tournament . Under permanent pressure, Coco Gauff, finalist of the last Roland-Garros, never found the parade (24 direct faults, 26 faults caused against the American).
Garcia thus succeeded in the entrance break in the first round, benefiting from a double fault of his opponent. Then she succeeded in a double break thanks to an a priori easy gauff passing-shot but played too long. Led 4-0, the young American woman put a little more aggressiveness to resume a service from Garcia, but the Frenchwoman resumed the match in hand, and converted her first set ball.
She chained on a new break in the second round and did not drop her advantage to conclude, in front of her parents, on her first match ball, not without having saved a Débreak ball at 3- 2.
No set lost since the start of the tournament
has not yet lost the slightest set in front of her opponents, and has only conceded 27 games in five games.
“I have always played aggressively, it turns out that in recent months I have been in good physical shape enough to play this game and continue on this path,” recalls the one who, after four years of doubts And injuries, won three tournaments this season, including the last in Cincinnati in August, when she came from qualifications.
The most impressive player since the start of the New York tournament has just aligned a thirteenth victory in a row. Former world number 4 fell to 79
She becomes the first French player to rise to the last square of a major from Marion Bartoli when she won Wimbledon in 2013. Caroline Garcia will try on Thursday to reach the final by facing the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (5