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Patna : World o 61 Alize Cornet, 31, France, stunned 3rd seed Garbine Muguruza, 28, Spain, a former French Open (2016) and Wimbledon (2017) Champion, in straight sets in women’s singles 2nd round of Australian Open (AO) 2022 on January 20, 2022, at Rod Laver Area, Melbourne Park, Australia, to storm into the third round of the tournament.
Cornet thumped World No 3 Muguruza 6-3, 6-3 winning three break points and 3 games in a row durong the match. Cornet though committed 4 double faults to 3 by the Spaniard. The Frenchwoman won 65 points during the match to 48 points by Muguruza, who had won WTA Finals trophy few months back. Cornet won 12 games in the match to 6 by the Spaniard. Cornet will face 29th seed Tamara Zidanzek, 24, Slovenia, in 3rd round on January 21, 2022.
Cornet dominated the match creating 12 break point opportunities and converting three of them. World No 3 Muguruza, on the other hand, failed to create any break point opportunity. Muguruza had AO Final in 2020.
( Garbine MUguruza)