By dominating the 3rd player in the world, the Frenchwoman beat a member of the Top 5 for the first time since the Masters which she won in November 2022.
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It’s a victory that will count. Opposed to Coco Gauff (n°3), in the round of 16 of the WTA 1000 in Miami, Caroline Garcia (n°27) won 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. After knocking out Naomi Osaka in the previous round, the Frenchwoman qualified for the first time this season (and the first since the Beijing tournament in October 2023) for the quarter-finals of a tournament.
A huge air gap after pocketing the first set, a manipulation of the shoulder after losing the second set, and Caroline Garcia resumed her march forward. For the first time since the 2022 Masters, which she won in November, notably beating Maria Sakkari but also a certain Coco Gauff, the Frenchwoman added a member of the Top 5 in the world to her record. Opposed to the 3rd in the world, the one who is ranked 27th in the WTA was able to pull herself together to regain the upper hand in a third set where she was in the lead throughout the race. “Against Coco, I always feel like things could turn at any momentconceded the Frenchwoman at the end of the meeting. It feels good to win this type of match. VSgave a moral boost.”
Much more realistic than her opponent (three break points converted out of five, compared to 2/7 for the American), Caroline Garcia notably saved four break points in this final act of the match. For the third time in a row, she dominates Coco Gauff, victorious at the last US Open and semi-finalist in Melbourne at the start of the year as well as in Indian Wells last week. A real benchmark victory for a player who was in doubt until then.
