TENNIS SCORES. Alize Cornet hustles Nara in the qualifications of the Toray Pan Pacific Open

Alize Cornet tops Kurumi Nara 6-7³ 7-6² 6-2 in the qualifications in Osaka on Sunday. Cornet will face Viktoriya Tomova in the 1^st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Cornet started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Nara in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, the Japanese succeeded in coming back to break Cornet in the 6^th (2-4) and in the 8^th (4-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Japanese won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-4 to 5-4.

Notwithstanding also the French Player won 4 consecutive games from 0-0 to 4-0

2^nd set.

Cornet won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 5^th (1-4) game. The French Player broke back in the 6^th (2-4) and in the 8^th (4-4) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 2.

A crucial moment of the match was when Cornet won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 1-4 to 5-4.

Yet also Kurumi won 4 consecutive games from 0-1 to 4-1

3^rd set.

Cornet conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Nara in the 1^st game (1-0). The French Player extended her lead after breaking Nara in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Cornet scored 118 points vs. the Japanese’s 108 points.

The French Player was pretty focused in converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11). On the other side, Nara wasn’t that great in converting her break points because she converted only 44% of her break points (4/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Cornet and Nara is 1-1.

Next Match: Alize Cornet vs. Viktoriya Tomova – stats

Cornet will fight against Tomova in the 1^st round.

There is no head to head record between Alize Cornet and Viktoriya Tomova since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Osaka

• Varvara FlinkFlink – Katarzyna KawaKawa (6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicole GibbsGibbs – Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alize CornetCornet – Kurumi NaraNara (6-7³ 7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (3-6 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Xinyun HanHan – Yuki NaitoNaito (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression

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