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Caroline Garcia, the story of a rebirth

2022-11-08T18:32:05.166Z


PORTRAIT – Like Amélie Mauresmo seventeen years ago, the Lyonnaise won the Masters at the end of the season and will be aiming for a first victory in a Grand Slam tournament next year. After years of hardship, she can believe in a bright future.


Even the screenwriters of Hollywood melodies would not have dared to write such a scenario.

From hell to heaven.

Ejected from the top 10 for almost four years, Caroline Garcia had not won a single tournament since 2019 when 2022 began. Last March, she injured her foot in the first round in Miami and was walking on crutches at the start of the spring.

At the end of May, she was even in 79th place in the WTA rankings.

But that was before.

Before a fiery summer and a bright autumn that saw her win four titles, including the Masters, the best of her career, and play her first Grand Slam semi-final at the US Open.

Between mid-June and mid-September, she scored no less than 31 wins in 36 games and dominated top 10 players like Swiatek, Sakkari, Sabalenka, Gauff...

By dominating in Texas in Fort Worth, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Masters (7-6, 6-4), she joined Amélie Mauresmo, the last French crowned in 2005. The traditional “Fly with Caro”…

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Source: lefigaro

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