Cornet “disappointed and frustrated” after her elimination from Lyon
The French number 1 Alizé Cornet was eliminated on Monday at the WTA tennis tournament in Lyon, where she was seeded number 4, beaten by the Spaniard Cristina Bucsa (1-6, 6-4, 6-1). The latter, 139th in the world and aged 24, came from the qualifying table and had never beaten a player ranked in the […]
Swiatek and Collins in the Australian Open semifinals
Gut 15 months after her French Open title, Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek has the chance of her second Grand Slam final at the Australian Open. With the hard-fought 4: 6, 7: 6 (7: 2), 6: 3, the top ten player ended the surprising winning streak of Estonian Kaia Kanepi in the quarterfinals in Melbourne […]
Kohlschreiber and Muguruza are eliminated
FTennis veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber had no explanation for his chanceless appearance at the Australian Open. The 38-year-old had a really bad day in Melbourne this Thursday. With the 1: 6, 0: 6, 3: 6, the Augsburger experienced a violent second-round elimination and was the penultimate German tennis professional. “I really can’t explain it myself. I’m […]
Surprising end for Muguruza at Australian Open
MThe Australian Open experienced a big surprise with Garbiñe Muguruza, who was third in the world rankings in the second round. The 28-year-old Spanish world-class tennis player surprisingly lost to unseeded French player Alizé Cornet 3-6, 3-6 in Melbourne on Thursday. Former Wimbledon and French Open winner Muguruza was in the final of the first […]