Working with a myriad of coaches throughout her career, Garcia honed her game with father Louis-Paul, who remained a part of her team even as others took on the role of primary coach.
“My dad wanted me to be aggressive, do winners, but there are some days when either I was not feeling it or I was too stressed, and I was not able to do it. I didn’t know how to put it in, that maybe putting it in is good enough, and tomorrow I could step on court again and go back to my way,” Garcia continued.
“It was only one way for me to play, and it didn’t open me to another way. It was like, I don’t know how to do the rest. Maybe if I spent time doing, maybe I could have learned, and maybe I would have only used it for five matches a year, but maybe those five matches a year will allow me to do one step more in the Slams. So, I think that’s what I missed: learning an Option B but also having someone to tell me how to do an Option B and have the confidence I could do it. The support from my team around and, at that time, my father, to give me more options.”
