A few days after expressing extreme frustration during her loss in Washington against the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (6-2, 6-3), Caroline Garcia appeared smiling in front of the press in Montreal on Monday. She assured not to get a mountain of points she has to defend in the coming weeks (title in Cincinnati, semi-finals at the US Open). “ The pressure, I have since January 1st. My ranking is not the main objectivesaid the world number 6. I have to try to do things better, differently, thinking about the present moment. »
The French will start against the Czech Marie Bouzkova, who eliminated her last month in the third round of Wimbledon (7-6 (0), 4-6, 7-5). “So far it’s been an average year, things aren’t going the way I expect at all. envy, she breathed. But I’m super happy to be playing the North American summer season on hard court. »