Caroline Garcia goes into the semis

Caroline Garcia (no 17) could be the girl to beat on this US Open 2022.

The Frenchwoman certified for the semi-finals by clearly dominating the American Coco Gauff (no 12) 6-3 6-4 to select her thirteenth consecutive victory.

“I do not know learn how to describe what I really feel, the vitality was loopy, my head is buzzing”, confided earlier than leaving the Arthur Ashe stadium Caroline Garcia (28), who will problem the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (no 5) Thursday for his first Grand Slam semi-final.

Titled within the WTA 1000 event in Cincinnati after leaving the {qualifications}, Caroline Garcia is the primary Frenchwoman to climb into the final 4 of a Main since Marion Bartoli when she gained Wimbledon in 2013. She will be able to grow to be the primary French of historical past to triumph in New York.

Former world No. 4, who fell to 79th place within the WTA on Might 23, 2022, Caroline Garcia must also return to the highest 10 on the finish of the event. She has gained 31 of her final 35 matches, selecting up three titles within the course of (Dangerous Homburg on grass, Warsaw on clay and Cincinnati on laborious).

All the time aggressive

Third French participant to succeed in the final 4 at Flushing Meadows within the Open period (since 1968) after Amélie Mauresmo (2002 and 2006) and Mary Pierce (2005), Caroline Garcia instantly took the match in hand in opposition to Coco Gauff . Imposing her energy, her pace, she put the finalist of the final Roland-Garros underneath stress.

“I’ve at all times performed aggressively, it seems that in current months I’ve been in adequate bodily form to play this recreation and proceed on this path”, welcomed the Lyonnaise, who doesn’t disguise her ambitions earlier than her semi-final in opposition to Ons Jabeur, ‘because the juniors, she has been robust. I am unable to wait to take up this problem,’ she stated.

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