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Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia was left with “mixed feelings” after reaching her first WTA 1000 semi-final in four years at the Cincinnati Open, saying tennis can be a difficult sport where players are often forgotten easily owing to poor form.
Garcia, who came through the qualifiers in Cincinnati, downed seventh seed Jessica Pegula 6-1 7-5 on Friday to set up a last-four clash with Aryna Sabalenka. The world number 35, who rose as high as four in 2018, was delighted with her recent form but said that performing consistently at the highest level was not easy.
“Yeah, it’s always a mixed feeling, I will say, because when you do bad, people forget about you pretty fast and forget about what you did in the past,” Garcia, the reigning French Open doubles champion, told reporters. As soon as you can get a couple of wins in a row under your belt, and start playing better tennis, it’s like you are a top star again, you know. – Reuters.
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