Wimbledon: Allez Alize as Cornet halts Swiatek run, eight years after famous Serena upset

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Top
seed
and
world
number
one
Swiatek
had
not
lost
since
February,
when
she
was
beaten
by
Jelena
Ostapenko
in
Dubai,
reeling
off
six
successive
tournament
wins,
including
her
second
French
Open
title.
It
was
the
longest
winning
streak
in
women’s
singles
in
the
21st
century,
and
now
it
is
over.

The
21-year-old
Polish
player
had
not
looked
comfortable
on
grass
in
her
opening
two
rounds
at
Wimbledon,
and
she
was
outsmarted
on
Saturday
by
the
experienced
Cornet,
losing
6-4
6-2
in
an
hour
and
32
minutes.

At
the
age
of
32,
Cornet
is
playing
a
record-tying
62nd
consecutive
grand
slam,
matching
Ai
Sugiyama’s
record.
She
is
also
enjoying
her
best
year
at
the
majors,
reaching
a
slam
quarter-final
for
the
first
time
in
Australia
before
getting
to
the
third
round
at
Roland
Garros.

Crucially,
Cornet
already
had
a
famous
Wimbledon
scalp
behind
her
coming
into
this
match.
Eight
years
ago,
on
the
equivalent
first
Saturday
of
the
championships
and
on
the
same
court,
Cornet
defeated
Serena
Williams.

On
this
occasion,
Cornet
swept
to
a
swift
double
break
against
the
former
Wimbledon
girls’ champion,
opening
a
3-0
lead.
Swiatek
got
back
into
the
opening
set
by
recovering
one
break,
but
she
could
not
draw
level.

Swiatek
then
had
a
chance
to
break
in
the
second
game
of
the
second
set,
and
a
2-0
lead
was
hers
when
Cornet
went
long
with
a
forehand.
Yet
the
lead
was
immediately
squandered,
a
dazzling
stop
volley
from
Cornet
saving
game
point
before
a
looping
backhand
winner
brought
the
set
back
onto
serve.

From
there,
Cornet
pulled
away,
Swiatek’s
belief
fading
as
the
match
raced
away
from
her.
At
her
15th
Wimbledon,
Cornet
was
able
to
celebrate
another
show-stopping
moment.


Data
slam:
Alize
in
wonderland

This
was
a
24th
career
win
for
Cornet
against
a
player
ranked
inside
the
top
10,
and
a
fourth
against
a
world
number
one

the
previous
three
all
came
against
Serena
Williams,
all
in
2014
(including
one
by
retirement).
The
world
number
37,
who
reached
a
career-high
ranking
of
11th
in
2009,
was
facing
Swiatek
for
the
first
time
and
now
goes
on
to
tackle
Ajla
Tomljanovic
for
a
place
in
the
last
eight.


WINNERS/UNFORCED
ERRORS

Cornet

16/7
Swiatek

21/33


ACES/DOUBLE
FAULTS

Cornet

1/2
Swiatek

3/1


BREAK
POINTS
WON

Cornet

5/6
Swiatek

2/6

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