Caroline Garcia, 7th in the world and semi-finalist last year, was eliminated in the first round of the US Open on Tuesday by Chinese Yafan Wang (114th, qualifying) 6-4, 6-1 in 1:10. After an explosive American summer last year (title at the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati then half at Flushing Meadows, her first Grand Slam), the 29-year-old Lyonnaise had won the Masters at the end of the year and had risen to 4th place in the world. .
But since the start of the season, it has not been able to find this level. On Tuesday, she committed too many unforced errors (34) to worry her opponent to whom she offered the match on a sixth double fault.