‘It looks like she’s going to win the whole tournament – John McEnroe backs Caroline Garcia for US Open

Caroline Garcia has been backed to win her first-ever Grand Slam title at this year’s US Open by Eurosport’s John McEnroe. The 17th seed has hit a rich vein of form at just the right time, winning 13 consecutive games, and stunned Coco Gauff on Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the last-four of the tournament. Ad Her top-quality performances have caught many by surprise, including McEnroe, who believed she had reached her ceiling at an all-time best of No.

4 in September 2018. US OpenUS Open finale: The key storylines to look out for as rising stars eye glory6 HOURS AGO So impressed has McEnroe been by Garcia that he is backing her to become the first Frenchwoman to win a major singles title since 2013. Analysing her victory over Gauff, in which she finished with 24 winners, McEnroe said on the Eurosport pre-show: “When I was watching that I was like, ‘Was that Caroline Garcia?’ My goodness.

I thought she had trouble with her serve? Until recently to me? “She has a qualifier in Cincinnati, she was 70 in the world in Cincinnati. Now all of a sudden it looks like she’s going to win the whole tournament, so it's a metamorphosis that you don’t see very often with her. Ruthless Aryna Sabalenka eases into US Open semi-final with convincing win over Karolina Pliskova US Open finale — Will Tiafoe or Pegula land a home win? Can Alcaraz become youngest men's No.

1? “Her standing that close on the return, and just crushing the ball. I just love her attitude right now, and I’ve got to hand it to her, she’s a former No.4 player in the world. I thought she’d reached that and maxed out.