Australian Open: Cornet eliminated in the quarterfinals by Collins
Alizé Cornet, 61st in the world, was eliminated on Wednesday at the Australian Open in her very first Grand Slam quarter-final by American Danielle Collins (30th) 7-5, 6-1. At 32 and on the occasion of her 63rd Major, the Frenchwoman had managed to reach the quarters by dominating in particular the world N.3 Garbine Muguruza and the ex-N.1 Simona Halep. For his part, Collins (28) will try to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time by facing the Polish Iga Swiatek (9th) or the Estonian Kaia Kanepi (115th) on Thursday. Wednesday, after a tight first set where the Frenchwoman, quickly broken, managed to come back to 5-5 before losing her face-off a second time and the set in stride, the second part of the match was one-sided. The American quickly led 5-0 and if Cornet saved the honor by winning her face-off once, Collins did not fail to complete the game on her next face-off after 1:28 of the match.
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