Andy Murray says on Twitter that he thinks 17-year-old French player Caroline Garcia can be a future No. 1. Garcia led
Maria Sharapova 6-3, 4-1 before losing 11 straight games and falling 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the second round of Roland Garros.
"After watching like three points, I was like, 'Where is she from? How old is she? She's unbelievable,'" Murray told reporters. "Then I watched like four or five games, and she was still unbelievable. I was like, for sure, she's going to be very good. I like the way she hits the ball. I've watched Sharapova play a lot of times, and quite often when she plays younger opponents they struggle to deal with sort of her power. If anything, I thought Garcia was hitting the ball harder, didn't have a problem. And that's a very good sign against someone like Sharapova at her age. I don't know whether I'm a good judge of potential or not, but she's going to be very, very good."
Sharapova wasn't as willing to project Garcia to the top. "I think time will definitely tell," she said. "It's a long road and a long journey. There will be many wins and many losses. It's tough for me to tell, but she's on her way up, definitely."
