It was dark from the beginning against the Alize Cornet and finally experienced defeat and elimination from the Nottingham tournament Maria Sakkari (0-2 sets).
The Greek champion appeared from the beginning of the match inferior to the circumstances and receiving a break only from the second game of the match, she failed at any point of the match to follow the pace of the French tennis player, who won a great victory against No.1 on the board.
On the other hand, the No. 8 in the world ranking will have to improve her game a lot and – mainly – her psychology if she wants to be competitive in the upcoming Wimbledon.
Korne entered the game very strongly and after 1-0, she “broke” Sakkari’s serve for the 2-0. In the rest of the set, the picture was exactly the same, with the Frenchwoman (World No. 72) reaching the 5-0. The Greek champion took the 6th game for 5-1 after… toil and suffering, but she did not manage to make the break, with Korne making it 6-1 and the 1-0 set.
The Frenchwoman entered the second set with… lead from the first and immediately broke for it 1-0, while defending the service she reached 2-0. In the 4th game, Sakkari had a great opportunity to make the break, as they led 40-0, but with five consecutive points, Cornet made it 3-1. In fact, she was the one who managed to break her opponent’s serve for the 4-1, with No. 1 on the board directly answering for the 4-2.
From that point on, Corne didn’t face any particular problems (except in the 10th game) and making it 6-4, she reached the 2-0 set, ending the game.
The sets (0-2): 1-6, 4-6.
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