Julien Benneteau had warned: “When you have a winner of the Masters, who is 4th in the world, you obviously want her to play.
And even if she has just come down from her cloud.
To the delight of the coach of the France team, this will therefore be the case.
According to the matches announced this Thursday for the meeting against the Netherlands counting for the Billie Jean King Cup (the former Fed Cup) play-offs, Caroline Garcia will be well aligned in single side tricolor.
The very recent winner of the WTA Finals in Texas, who arrived in France only on Wednesday, will face Suzan Lamens (213th in the world) on Friday.
No time to decompress, therefore, nor to recover too much.
But Benneteau is counting on the dynamics of her number 1 to do the job and get her teammates on board with her.
“She wrote a great page in French tennis.
It's remarkable, admirable and we can't wait to be able to congratulate her in person, to take her in our arms and to celebrate her as it should be because it's a huge victory, "he had greeted on Tuesday, before see the player again.
Before Garcia's match, also scheduled in singles on Saturday and possibly in doubles, Alizé Cornet (36th in the world) will open the ball against Dutch number 1, Lesley Kerkhove (207th).
This meeting against the Netherlands is crucial for Les Bleues, beaten by Italy last April and who absolutely must win to keep their place in the elite.
They will also be able to count on the reputedly hot public of the Cauldron, the basketball hall of the ESSM Le Portel (ProA basketball).
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