No. 7 seed, Maria Sharapova of Russia, had a close call in the 2nd round of the French Open with a 3-set win over Caroline Garcia of France, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Sharapova lost the first set 3-6, and trailed 1-4 in the 2nd set to 17-year-old wild card Garcia. With Garcia seeming in control of the match, Sharapova went on an eleven game winning streak to close out the match.
After the match, Sharapova said, “I relaxed and just let things happen…
[I had been] way too concerned about the conditions, wasn’t moving my feet and was really slow, and Caroline was playing aggressively and hitting great shots—I felt flat-footed in the beginning, and I just hit the ball finally.”
In the 3rd round on Saturday, Sharapova will play qualifier Yung-Jan Chan of Taiwan.
