Caroline Garcia is in the quarter-finals of the Open 6eme Sens. For the Lyonnaise, in front of her public, it’s obviously a good thing. But it’s especially interesting because Garcia showed several aspects of her game in this match against the eye-catching Martina Trevisan (6-4, 2-6, 6-3).
Garcia first showed what we see too often in his matches in recent years. A disproportionate impatience, a will sometimes stubborn to want to take stock in one fell swoop. And that resulted in too many mistakes. It was even on a double fault that she conceded the first break of the game. Led 3-0, Garcia did not give the impression of being able to turn the situation to his advantage. Not with this tennis, anyway.
And then everything slowly fell into place. There was more margin in relation to the net, more patience in the exchanges. And, with this newfound security, Garcia’s tennis was able to express itself. The French thus aligned five games to pass (5-3). She had two set points on the Italian’s serve, but she made the mistake each time. However, she was not going to hesitate to conclude on her service.
But as nothing is ever really simple with Caroline Garcia, she fell back into her ways in the second set. Again imprecise, she too faces the often heroic defense of her adversary. Certainly Trevisan does not have the crazy pace of Giorgi, another Italian beaten by Garcia in Lyon, but she holds the ball well. Enough to take Garcia’s serve three times and go back to one set everywhere.
An exemplary third set
Had the Lyonnaise missed her chance? On the contrary. His third set was a fine example of mastery. Even if she still gave herself no margin by systematically positioning herself inside the court to return, she was much more patient in the exchange. Without denying his power, Garcia was finally waiting to be in a good position, to have worn out his opponent, to place his attacks, which were often definitive. Without any break point to defend, Garcia was able to take risks on his return games. Broken twice, Trevisan could no longer do anything against this rediscovered Caroline Garcia.
