Australian Open 2022: Alize Cornet knocks out third seed Garbine Muguruza in 2nd spherical

Former Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza crashed out of the Australian Open after succumbing to a shock second spherical loss to France’s Alize Cornet. Alize Cornet celebrates profitable her second spherical match towards Garbine Muguruza (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSGarbine Muguruza crashed out of the Australian OpenAlize Cornet shocked Garbine Muguruza in 2nd sphericalCornet will face Heather Watson or Tamara ZidansekFrance’s Alize Cornet knocked former Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza out of the Australian Open within the second spherical on Thursday, upsetting the Spaniard 6-3, 6-3.

Cornet gave the Spanish quantity three seed little respite all through her straight-set win to advance to the following spherical, the place she’s going to face both Heather Watson or Tamara Zidansek.”I feel amazing and I think I played a great match out there today,” mentioned Cornet.”My state of mind was perfect, I was super focused on what I had to do.”I felt like in a bubble and also you at all times should play a brilliant good match to beat Garbine as she’s such a fighter.”Cornet has by no means been previous the fourth spherical of a serious, however she is massively skilled, showing in 60 consecutive Grand Slam essential attracts, the WTA’s longest energetic streak and third-longest in historical past.Cornet made a speedy begin, securing an early break and saved Muruguza, the 2020 Australian Open runner-up, below fixed stress to shut out the set.It was an identical story within the second set, whilst Muguruza tried to struggle again, however .a collection of unforced errors and Cornet’s willpower noticed the Frenchwoman shut out the match.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.