Sensation at the Australian Open. The third world rocket has collapsed

In the next round, Polka will play with Daria Kasatkina (WTA 23), who defeated Magda Linette (WTA 53) 6: 2, 6: 3. But in other matches it was much more interesting and the numbers 3 and 7 in the WTA ranking have already dropped out of the Austalian Open.

Muguruza played by Cornet. “I feel amazing”

The previous season ended with an impressive triumph in the WTA Finals, but the world’s third racket sensationally lost to Alize Cornet (WTA 61) after losing in two sets 3-6, 3-6. The Spanish (AO 2020 finalist) was knocked out for the first time in the second round of this tournament since 2018, while the 31-year-old Cornet will play in the third round for the first time in four years.

– I feel amazing. I played a good match, I was extremely focused on what I had to do, it felt like a bubble. You have to have this attitude for every game against Garbine. She’s an amazing fighter, and in the end I knew that one break might be enough for her, she wouldn’t give away points for free. It’s my birthday in two days and it’s the best gift I could give myself – said Cornet. But the 31-year-old French did not give Muguruza a single breakthrough, and she scored a whopping 25 of 30 points with her first pass. The biggest difference was the unforced mistakes: Cornet had 16 and Muguruza 33.

– It was a difficult day. I wasn’t feeling well on the court, my serve was bad, and neither was my hitting. In addition, from a tactical point of view, I did not make the best decisions, I was surprised by my level, and in addition Cornet was excellent – said Muguruza.

This way Cornet won the third of five meetings with Muguruza. The French’s greatest success so far is the promotion to the fourth round of the Grand Slam tournament – AO 2009. Muguruza won Roland Garros 2016 and Wimbledon 2017, and as we mentioned earlier, she also played in the AO 2020 final. In the third round, Cornet will play with the Slovenian Tamara Zidansek .

Kontaveit fell with Tauson

Another, slightly less sensational, is the failure (WTA. 7, Australia seeded number 6). 19-year-old Dunka Clara Tauson (WTA 39th) turned out to be better than her, winning 6: 2, 6: 4. Interestingly, in the second set, the Estonian was leading 4: 2, but the Danish team won the match in just 79 minutes. This is her first victory against a tennis player from the top 10 in the world ranking, and for the first time she was promoted to the third round of the Grand Slam tournament. And after the match, she admitted that she felt so good on the court that she decided to ignore the match plan prepared by her coach. In the third round, Tauson will play against American Danielle Collins.

Aryna Sabalenka (WTA 2) had a lot of problems against the Chinese Wang Xinyu (6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 2). The Belarusian woman made as many as 19 double service errors (which has happened to her very often recently), but during the match she started to improve in this respect and finally managed to win. And in the third round he will face Marka Vondrousova (WTA 31).