US OPEN – Women’s singles – Carolie Garcia defeated Gauff and the context: “The atmosphere was hostile” – Eurosport FR

If Caroline Garcia is particularly satisfied with her victory against Cori Gauff, it is because this quarter-final was more than just a match: an experience. Facing the rising star of American women’s tennis, in the evening session and on the biggest court in Flushing Meadows and on the tennis planet, is no small feat. She passed this test, these tests, with a certain brilliance by winning in two sets (6-3, 6-4) and without ever departing from the essential lucidity required by this very special context. At the start of the day , well before the appointment set around 7 p.m. local time, the number one tricolor slipped onto the gigantic Arthur-Ashe court. “I went to the court before the first quarter-final, during the warm-up, to feel the atmosphere a bit, because I hadn’t had the opportunity to practice there and I didn’t have haven’t seen a single match this year,” she said. US Open Ladies Fearsome without being overwhelming: Swiatek, the return of quiet strength2 HOURS AGOShe was a little disappointed in terms of the atmosphere, but she felt the need to immerse herself in the place itself. “There were no Americans and the atmosphere was not special, continues the Lyonnaise. But I wanted to see, it’s a very impressive court, especially with the roof closed. It’s huge. Like that, I was less surprised when I came in for my match.” Garcia: “The energy was crazy, my head is buzzing” It was expected, I was ready If anything could have surprised her at her entering the Ashe in the early evening, it was rather… the absence of atmosphere. Let’s say she was pretty calm when Caroline Garcia kicked off the encounter on serve. The gigantic stands of the central Flushing were then not fully furnished and it was far from it. It was only after a few games and several side changes that the stands finally filled up completely. The French then led 4-0 and the public, in addition to being partly absent, was air-conditioned. Coco Gauff was probably hoping for another atmosphere. But Garcia’s feeling was not this one. Perhaps because she was very alert on this subject, she found the atmosphere “a little hostile”. “It wasn’t easy, she said. We expected it, I was ready, but you never know how bad it’s going to be. The night session, it moves a lot, there’s a lot of noise, base, and every time she made good points, or there were important plays, there was really an energy that came back. “The crowd, it’s true, ended up going into their match at the same time as Coco Gauff. A little late and without excess. Honestly, we have known Arthur-Ashe more incandescent than that. But here too, the credit goes in large part to Caroline Garcia. He absolutely had to prevent the public from becoming an actor in the game. Therein lay the danger. And the great merit of the French player will have been to calm each outbreak of fire. His break at the start of the second set weighed heavily because Gauff was never ahead in the score, neither in the first nor in the second set. Finally, the now semi-finalist of the US Open “found it nice.” Not much is disturbing her at the moment… A huge point, a last monstrous forehand: Garcia had set the tone for the entranceUS OpenNick Kyrgios: Any other tournament than the Grand Slams is a waste of time “THERE IS 3 HOURSUS OpenJabeur: “I’m happy to see Caroline back in her place”4 HOURS AGO