A final is not played, it is won!
Caroline Garcia understood this perfectly.
After her formidable year 2022, Caroline Garcia can savor the greatest triumph of her career.
By beating in the Masters final in Forth Worth, Texas, the one who was still 74th in the world at the start of the year dominated Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (7-6, 6-4).
"It's the biggest title of my career and it means a lot to me to win this tournament," she said after the match.
I was very disappointed after my semi-final of the US Open
(beaten by Ons Jabeur)
where I had the impression of having missed out after having had a great tournament.
I think that experience served me well today.
It's the Masters, a great tournament in the WTA calendar.
This season has been super positive, it's my fourth title of the year
(after Bad Homburg, Polish Open and Cincinnati)
and I went for them every time.
I got stronger in the tournament and I'm really super proud of today's result and my fourth place in the world.
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It is thanks to her service game that the Lyonnaise did not give the Belarusian a chance.
“It's one of the biggest points I've improved,” she says.
One of the most important things today was to stay calm and jump at every opportunity.
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“We really did a very good job physically”
Calmness, according to Garcia, was the key to his Texas triumph.
“Today's game was really intense, she analyzes.
The first set was really important.
I didn't have many opportunities on his service games and each time I tried to really focus on my game. I knew what I had to do, technically I was well prepared and I felt good on my legs.
We really did a very good job physically and gradually over the season, I got stronger.
I finish better than I started it.
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Mentally solid, Caroline Garcia is now on cloud nine: “I am very happy with the state of mind, to be really calm at all times, she explains.
Not all negative emotions affect me, and that's what allowed me to seize the few opportunities I had.
“And to clarify his thought:” Sometimes you are emotional or things do not go your way.
Sometimes there is a big fight, so you have to find your way through it.
Some points, where you can't do anything.
You just try to make it back and run as fast as you can to the other side…”
