Caroline Garcia knows the identity of the opponent who will stand on her way at WTA 1000 in Cincinnati where she is for the moment the only French representative in the main draw.
Ex-n ° 4 in the world, Caroline Garcia lives at 31 her last weeks of professional tennis player. Relegated to the 199 row of the WTA ranking, the Frenchwoman will nevertheless participate in her last two tournaments this summer in Cincinnati and the US Open where she benefited from two Wild-Cards. In Ohio where the WTA 1000 begins Thursday, “Caro” will face the British Sonay Kartal in the first round48th world player. If the tricolor crosses this obstacle, she will join Karolina Muchova in the second round. Seeded n ° 11, the Czech is exempt from the first round.
Directly qualified for the first round, Caroline Garcia is for the moment the only French representative. Committed to qualifying, Varvara Gracheva, Elsa Jacquemmot and Leolia Jeanjean still claim to be a place in the main draw. On the masculine side, Ugo Humbert and Arthur son wear the seeded labels n ° 20 and n ° 18 respectively. A status allowing them to make their entry into the running directly in the second round. Both could meet compatriots at entry.
Arthur son will be opposed to the winner of the match between the American Jenson Brooksby and Alexandre Muller. Ugo Humbert could inherit Giovanni Mpetschi Perricard whose opponent, a player from qualifications, remains unknown. The French quota also has five other elements directly qualified for the first round of this Masters 1000: Benjamin Bonzi, Corentin Moutet, Arthur Rinderknech, Hugo Gaston and Gaël Monfils.
