Coco Gauff Drops U.S. Open Quarterfinals Match to Caroline Garcia

Garcia, the No. 17 seed from France, beat the 18-year-old American, who was playing her first quarterfinal at the U.S. Open, in straight sets.

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So how do you say steamroller in French? It is a fine time to find out because nothing has been able to stop Caroline Garcia of late:

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Not even the rising American Coco Gauff and a packed partisan crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

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Garcia, a 28-year-old from the French city of Lyon, did not appear unsettled in the least on Tuesday.

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In her first night-session appearance in the biggest stadium in tennis, Garcia swept the first four games of this U.S. Open quarterfinal in just 17 minutes

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to take quick command and then rumbled to a 6-3, 6-4 victory with timely serving, deft volleys and big baseline hitting that routinely paid dividends.

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“It was super important to get a quick start,” said Garcia, concerned about keeping the latest sellout crowd of 23,859 at Ashe from making her life more difficult.

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