Alize Cornet bests Kaia Kanepi 7-6(1) 5-7 6-4 in the 2nd round in Prague on Thursday. Cornet will clash against Tamara Korpatsch in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 17 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Alize added to her prize money $ 2,498 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 6,418 after this win. If she wins the next match, Cornet will add $ 4,858 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,276 in total.
Highlights Alize Cornet vs. Kaia Kanepi Livesport Prague Open – Prague
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alize scored 125 points vs. the Estonian’s 114.
Cornet
Cornet won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 47% (8/17) of the procured opportunities.
Kanepi
On the other side, Kanepi was not so effective in converting her break points (only 44% – 8/18). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Cornet and Kanepi is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Alize Cornet vs. Tamara Korpatsch – stats
Cornet will square off with Korpatsch in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Alize Cornet and Tamara Korpatsch clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cornet (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Cornet won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Lausanne back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Cornet overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kaia Kanepi in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Cornet to win the set since Kaia found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The French player maintained her focus to break the Estonian in the 10th (5-5) game before conquering the set (7-6).
They contested 96 points. Cornet conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Kanepi (53-43). Cornet dropped 18 points on serve (29-18). on the other side of the net, the Estonian conceded 24 points on serve (25-24).
Cornet had a great start in this set after breaking Kaia Kanepi in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for the Estonian to win the set since Cornet succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Estonian maintained her focus to break Alize in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
Kanepi failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
Alize couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
They contested 86 points. The Estonian won 8 points more than Alize (47-39). Kanepi dropped 21 points on serve (21-21). Regarding the other side of the net, Cornet conceded 26 points on serve (18-26).
The French player won the set after she broke the Estonian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Kanepi tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, the French player kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
Cornet was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40). On the other side, Kaia converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 59 points. Alize was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Kanepi (33-26). Alize dropped 14 points on serve (22-14). On the losing side, the Estonian conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
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