Caroline Garcia out in the 3rd round in two sets (6-4, 6-4) by Camila Osorio, 100th player in the world

Caroline Garcia assured our microphone this week looking for “relaxation”, it will not be for this Saturday. Tense, see frankly upset at times, the 5th player in the world was stopped in the 3rd round of the WTA 1000 in Rome by the Colombian Camila Osorio (6-4, 6-4), passed by the qualifications. As in Madrid two weeks earlier, Garcia will have spent only two matches in one of the major preparation meetings on clay. Far from ideal in the head and in view of Roland-Garros.

Chopped match and big frustration

Garcia expressed his frustration in particular as the Roman drizzle never stopped the game, forcing a nearly hour-long interruption at the start of the second set, and a multitude of brief courtside breaks, while waiting the end of the downpour. “I know it’s not your fault but the guy telling us to wait under the umbrellas is probably inside. I’m sorry but it’s a joke, she launched to the referee of the day, yet full of psychology in the face of the conditions. I go home. It’s ridiculous.”

In conditions that did not really favor him, Garcia looked in vain for solutions, trying to exchange several times with his trainer Bertrand Perret in the stands. The call of the latter to advance more on the ground and towards the net will not have found an answer. “I’ve done it before, but I’m just doing shit“We could hear the Habs. She will probably ruminate mainly on having missed her chance during the first set, converting only one (at 1-1) of her six break points, including three for return to 5-5. Garcia, author of 42 unforced errors, never really recovered, despite a final attempt to let go of his shots in the final game.

Two weeks before Roland-Garros, it’s time for a revival for Caroline Garcia, still capable of lightning and who must now regain consistency and confidence. Before finding better days and chasing the clouds of the moment.