“I’m going to lose this match because of my feedback! My best shot! “ In the middle of the third set, Alizé Cornet could no longer fail to deliver Garbine Muguruza’s services correctly in this quarter-final of the Berlin Open, played this Friday. The Frenchwoman was angry with herself since the start of the meeting. Indeed, she hardly shone in return. But on the rest, not much to say as she was able to draw the plan for her victory in three sets (4-6, 6-3, 7-6 [5]). Thanks to this victory, Alizé Cornet offers himself a first semi-final on grass of his professional career.
Played under a great heat and a very relaxed atmosphere – an orchestra plays live during the changes of sides – the meeting initially followed the logical scenario of a seeded n ° 6 too powerful for Cornet. But it was without counting on the adaptation of the French and the faltering physique of the Spaniard.
Rarely sovereign in the exchange, Muguruza could not surf on the winning of the first round. Visibly embarrassed in her travels, she asked for a first medical time out when she was led 3-0 in the second set. Obviously, she was suffering from blisters in her left heel. In any case, his movements were often laborious and his placement on the ball very approximate.
The right tactic for Cornet
But it was not simply the fact of a left thigh strapped (the right will also be at the start of the third set), but indeed because she did not have time to organize. Very aggressive, Cornet made sure never to install his opponent in a position where frank support would have allowed him to unleash all his power. In fact, Muguruza has accumulated faults and regularly cracked the exchange.
Muguruza tried to enter the court in order to weigh a little more on the game, but both his clumsiness and the accuracy of Cornet prevented him from doing so. We even thought for a moment that her shaky legs would force her to give up the match, in order to save herself ten days before Wimbledon. But she hung on. And as Cornet gave nothing on his serve, it was played in the tie-break of the third.
Cornet quickly broke away 6-1, before seeing Muguruza save four match points. But the fifth was the right one. After Andreescu, Cornet adds Muguruza to his Berlin hunting roster. What to take the time to listen to the live of the orchestra after the match point.
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