"I want to play my game completely free, relaxed, letting things go": Garcia admits heavy weight of expectation after huge rise in 2022

Garcia had a huge rise in 2022 and the expectations rose with them which impacts the Frech player as she looks to keep it going this year.

Garcia finished the previous year by winning the WTA Finals and that's just one of many great results for her. She's back in the top 10 and naturally, the expectations have also risen. She generally wants to simply focus on tennis and play her game but she understands because it's not her first time in the top 10.

The year in general gave her plenty of confidence:

“You have to take the confidence of a great year, proving to yourself that your game is working and it can bring you a lot of great things. Then it’s a totally new year. You have your own expectation being a top player, then the expectation of the other one, feeling like you cannot lose any more. There are a lot of things happening mentally.”

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She also added:

“I want to play my game completely free, relaxed, letting things go. It’s definitely something I am working on since a week. Really want to stop comparing from what it was last year. I want to regain full confidence."

She's already been in one final and it was in her native Lyon although she lost to Alycia Parks in the final.

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