La Française puts an end to a series of 37 consecutive victories of the Polish. She will face the Australian Ajla Tomljanovic in the knockout stages.
Le Monde with AFP
This is a huge blow that Alizé Cornet made, Saturday July 2, during the third round of the Wimbledon tournament. The Frenchwoman eliminated the world number 1, Iga Swiatek, in two sets (6-4, 6-2), also putting an end to the series of 37 consecutive victories of the Polish.
“I don’t have the words … It reminds me of my victory against Serena [Williams] eight years ago on this same short number one that carries me luck,” said the French after the meeting. “I knew I could do it. Because if there was a moment to beat her, I knew it was on lawn,” added Alizé Cornet, who had reached the knockout stages of the London tournament in 2014 by beating Serena Williams. But, since then, she had no longer passed the third round there.
Iga Swiatek had not lost a match since his elimination in the second round in Dubai in February. She had won the six tournaments she had played since: Doha, Indian Wells and Miami on Dur, Stuttgart, Rome and Roland-Garros on clay.
For her part, the Niçoise (37
é> world player), 32 years old, will face the Australian eighth Ajla Tomljanovic in the round of 16 ), who beat the Czech Barbora Krejcikova.
She joins two other French women, also qualified for the round of 16: Caroline Garcia, who will be opposed to the Czech Marie Bouzkova, and Harmony Tan, who will play against the American Amanda Anisimova. A performance that French tenniswomen had no longer reached since 2005 on English lawn.