The Lyonnaise Caroline Garcia beat the American Cori Gauff (6-3, 6-4), in the quarter-finals of the US Open tennis, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in New York. Caroline Garcia therefore advances to the first semi-final Grand Slam of his career.
“The atmosphere was a bit hostile!”
“I don’t know how to describe what I feel, the energy was crazy, my head is buzzing”, confided the 17th world, before leaving the Arthur-Ashe court. A little earlier, she beat the American nugget Cori Gauff, 18, who was playing at home. “It was not easy, the atmosphere was a bit hostile! recognized the French. We expected it, I was ready (…) every time she made good points, or there were important games, there was really an energy that went up. The goal was to be focused on yourself and play my game.”.
To qualify for the US Open final, she will have to beat the Tunisian Ons Jabeur on Thursday, ranked 5th in the world and finalist of the last Wimbledon tournament.
Caroline Garcia in great shape
By beating Cori Gauff, she lined up his 13th victory in a row since qualifying in Cincinnati, where she clinched the tenth title of her career just before coming to New York. “I have always played aggressively, it turns out that for the past few months I have been in good enough physical shape to play this game and continue on this path”, she congratulated herself after her victory.