Garbiñe Muguruza said goodbye this Thursday in the second round of the Australian Open, the first ‘Grand Slam’ of the season, after fall clearly for a double 6-3 against the French Alize Cornet.
The ‘teacher’ of 2021 saw her aspirations to shine in the ‘big’ in which she was a finalist in 2020 nipped in the bud after not finding her best tennis and always being at the mercy of what she wanted to dictate at the Rod Laver Arena his rival, 61 in the world and that he had snatched the title from him last year on the grass in Berlin.
The double champion of ‘Grand Slam’ It was not fine and never gave the feeling of having options, victim of the aggressiveness of the French to the rest and of her erratic day from the bottom of the track. The one from Caracas gave up 12 break balls and hit 33 unforced errors, while she did not have a single opportunity with Cornet’s service, who always took the initiative on the court.
Muguruza has already met a break on your first serve, which strengthened its rival in its strategy and in having more security. He conceded break options on all his serves in the first set and although he saved a 0-40 lead in the fourth game and two set points in the sixth, he couldn’t help losing the set.
The world number three managed to comfortably serve her first serve of the second set, but that did not change the scenario because Cornet continued without giving concessions and he took advantage of his opportunities again. A break in the fifth game allowed him to take an advantage on the scoreboard that he did not let go of and with his third ‘break’ he eliminated Muguruza.
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