Alize Cornet stuns Petra Martic 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Auckland on Wednesday. Cornet will play Jessica Pegula in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The Croatian won the set after she broke Cornet in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Petra to win the set because she didn’t drop her serve during the rest of the set.
The Croatian was unable to break Cornet in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The French Player was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).
2nd set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Cornet conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).
3rd set.
Cornet had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Martic in the 1st game (1-0). That was enough for Cornet to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Cornet wasted a good opportunity to break Petra in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Statistics
Alize won this match even if she scored the same amount of points of Martic (86 vs. 86).
Cornet served pretty well to win 75% of the points (45/60) behind her first serve, and she won 51% points (18/35) on her second serve. The French Player won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, Martic was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Cornet and Martic is 2-0 for Alize.
Highlights Alize Cornet vs. Petra Martic ASB Classic – Auckland
Next Match H2H: Alize Cornet vs. Jessica Pegula – stats
Cornet will face Pegula in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Alize Cornet and Jessica Pegula face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cornet (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Cornet won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in New York back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alize CornetCornet – Petra MarticMartic (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Eugenie BouchardBouchard – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Christina MchaleMchale (3-0) – See H2H details
- Cori GauffGauff – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (0-0) – See H2H details
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – See H2H details
- Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Lauren DavisDavis (2-0) – See H2H details
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Julia GoergesGoerges (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Alize CornetCornet (0-1) – See H2H details