Seed number 1 in the Cluj-Napoca tournament this week in Romania, Alizé Cornet was picked up (6-2, 6-4) by the Egyptian Mayar Sherif, 119th in the standings. The German Andrea Petkovic, victorious after abandoning Dulgheru, therefore remains the only member of the Top 100 in contention.
Entry exit to the Tokyo Games, of course logically against Karolina Pliskova, world number 7, Alizé Cornet, swept away by the Czech in Japan (6-1, 6-3), hoped to take advantage of her hook by Romania, the next step an agenda that will then lead him to the United States and Canada to prepare for the US Open, to restore health. It missed. The Niçoise, seeded number 1 in this Romanian tournament of which she was the only member of the Top 100 in contention with the German Andrea Petkovic (n ° 2), winner on abandonment of Dulgheru (6-3, 4-1), fell from a height on Tuesday in the first round. Opposed to the modest Egyptian player Mayar Sherif, 119th in the standings, Cornet, beaten in her last three outings (she had left Wimbledon after two rounds) again took a small spanking (6-2, 6-4, 1:26 game), yet this time facing a very modest opponent, not to say unknown on the circuit. After the local Ruse and the Italian Trevisan, eliminated Tuesday by Krystina Pliskova, the Frenchwoman is the third seed to take the door.
CLUJ-NAPOCA (Romania, WTA 250, clay, € 235,238)
First edition
2nd round
Sheriff (EGY) – Eala (PHI)
Bara (ROU) – Kucova (SLQ, n ° 8)
Kr.Pliskova (RTC) – Kawa (POL)
Arruabarrena (ESP) – Buzarnescu (ROU)
Juvan (SLO, n ° 6) – Schmiedlova (SLQ)
Krunic (SER) – Bogdan (ROU, n ° 3)
Tsurenko (UKR) – Mendez (AUS, Q)
Cristian (ROU) – Petkovic (ALL, n°2)
1st round
Sheriff (EGY) bat Cornet (FRA, n ° 1) : 6-2, 6-4
Swan (PHI) bat Ormaechea (ARG, Q) : 7-5, 6-2
Bara (ROU) bat Friedsam (ALL) : 6-2, 6-3
Kucova (SLQ, n ° 8) bat Buyukakcay (TUR) : 6-1, 6-1
Kr.Pliskova (RTC) a Trevisan (ITA, No. 4): 6-4, 6-4
Coffee (POL) bat Szabo (ROU) : 6-2, 6-1
Arruabarrena (ESP) bat Tiron (ROU): 6-0, 6-0
Buzarnescu (ROU) bat Tomova (BUL, n ° 7): 6-2, 6-3
Juvan (SLO, n ° 6) bat Melnikova (RUS): 6-1, 6-1
Schmiedlova (SLQ) Bat Kuzmova (SLQ): 6-4, 6-2
Krunic (SER) bat Naito (JAP): 6-3, 5-0, abandon
Bogdan (ROU, n°3) bat Udvardy (HUN) : 6-2, 6-4
Tsurenko (UKR) bat Ruse (ROU, n°5): 6-3, 6-3
Mendez (AUS, Q) bat fat (CRO, Q): 6-2, 6-2
Cristian (ROU) bat Jani (HON) : 6-1, 6-2
Petkovic (ALL, n°2) bat Dulgheru (ROU, Q): 6-3, 4-1, abandon
