Caroline Garcia: is demanding to be considered

Caroline Garcia The former world no. 4 Caroline Garcia is demanding to be considered a serious contender at

Wimbledon this year after an impressive win against Shuai Zhang with two tiebreaks last Friday. The 28-year-old is

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incredibly talented , but is often unable to string together consistent performances enough to make it back

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to the top of in the WTA rankings, and where being seeded in tournaments could be a major threat. Yet, Garcia is

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currently in an incredible performances on grass. taking home the last week's Bad Homburg Open for an eighth

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currently in an incredible performances on grass. taking home the last week's Bad Homburg Open for an eighth

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career WTA title, and an seven-match streak of wins. In the past, Wimbledon saw the tennis' most powerful female stars

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being eliminated during the very first week. This includes Serena Williams, Iga Swiatek and Emma Raducanu, among

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others. Williams had to be eliminated from the tournament in her first match, Raducanu later in the round as well as

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Swiatek at the end of round three. The only thing common to the three defeats was that all fell to French opponents.

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