What if this was the trigger she had been looking for so much since the beginning of the year? Caroline Garcia drew deep within herself to overcome Leylah Fernandez, in a second round of Wimbledon which promised a lot from the draw for this 2023 edition and which did not disappoint. Thursday, the Frenchwoman was able to find the solutions to solve the delicate problem which posed her the finalist of the US Open 2021 and triumph in three sets (3-6, 6-4, 7-6) and 2h30 of play on the short number 3. In the 3rd round, she will find the Czech Marie Bouzkova who had eliminated her last year on this same London lawn in the 8th final.
In this type of match, the results sometimes depend on next to nothing, on a more or less well-negotiated point. And this Thursday, Caroline Garcia was able to tip the scales on her side. It would be tempting to think that everything was decided during the super tie-break taken away 10 points to 6 by the Lyonnaise. But the most important turning point, this one had negotiated it much earlier. When she had just lost five consecutive games and was trailing 6-3, 1-0, the number 1 tricolor found herself up against the wall against two third consecutive break points. That’s when she revolted.
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An attacking and positive state of mind
Without fundamentally changing his tactics, Garcia saved his engagement and took advantage of Fernandez’s slowdown in the next game to make the difference, then taking this break in advance to equalize at one set everywhere. The level then rose considerably on both sides in an undecided last act where ultra-fast exchanges in half-volleys from the baseline followed one another. At 2-2, the French missed a ready-made break by misjudging an opposing defense instead of playing a high backhand volley. But she was not destabilized for all that.
On the contrary, and despite some waste in this sector in the first two sets, Garcia continued to attack his opponent on the relaunch on his second ball. It was this attacking state of mind to have no regrets that ended up paying in the super final tie-break, as she confided moved in her post-match interview. Mentally, the Frenchwoman may have unlocked something. What better test to make sure than a revenge against the one who brought him down last year? This is what awaits him in the 3rd round.
Cornet, a new “drama”
Alizé Cornet had a double honor this Thursday: that of playing on the Center Court against defending champion Elena Rybakina, in what could potentially be the last match of her career at Wimbledon. And Alizé made Cornet: at first clearly dominated by the opposing power, she gradually wove her web to nibble little by little the brain of Rybakina, who began to commit more and more gross mistakes over the years. games. The Kazakhstani even found herself on the verge of breaking, or not very far, at 5-5 in the 2nd set during a game that was both dramatic and crucial.
In this extended game of a quarter of an hour, the French got five break points. Then, on yet another deuce, she saw her support slip away and found herself splitting on the Center Court lawn, screaming in pain and apparently clutching her hip before finally seeking treatment at the knee, during a medical timeout during which he was seen crying hot tears.
On the ground, Alizé Cornet has just fallen at the end of her match against Elena Rybakina.
Credit: Eurosport
Abandonment? No, because it’s Alizé. The Nice warrior took over the match, lost this extended game but managed to snatch a tie-break, in which she ended up giving in for good. In the end, a more than honorable defeat for Cornet while Rybakina will have to erase the many slags seen in her game at the end of the match if she wants to retain her title.
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