(New York) Emma Raducanu, 11e world player and defending champion, was eliminated as soon as she entered the United States Open, beaten 6-3, 6-3 by the French Alizé Cornet (40e), tuesday.
Posted yesterday at 9:37 p.m.
The Briton had amazed the world of tennis in 2021 by becoming the first player in sacred history in a Grand Slam after being qualified, moreover without losing a single set of the tournament.
For her big return to Flushing Meadows, she was once again a rarity, since her poor performance made her the third player in the history of the New York Major, to be released as soon as she entered the competition. following her coronation, after the Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2005 and the German Angelique Kerber in 2017.
For their first confrontation, Cornet overcame his chronic clumsiness in service (9 double faults), dominating the exchanges, more aggressive (22 winning shots against 15) and also taking advantage of his opponent’s unforced errors (30 against 22).
“I put my heart into it, the atmosphere [du court Louis-Armstrong] was great and I’m very happy to have won”, commented the 32-year-old Frenchwoman (well 32), who will face the Czech Katerina Siniakova (83e).
“I’m more mature and I manage to better manage my emotions,” she said to explain the good results she posted this year in the Majors.
In Australia at the very start of the year, she reached the quarter-finals of a Major for the first time in her career. She was then beaten at 3e lap at Roland-Garros and in 8are finals at Wimbledon where she had dismissed the world No.1 Iga Swiatek in the third round, thus ending a series of 37 consecutive victories for the Pole.
Cornet competes in New York for his 63e Grand Slam tournament in a row, a new record after equaling the former mark held by the Japanese Ai Sugiyama at Wimbledon.
For Raducanu, 19, her difficulty in confirming her status as a new star is confirmed, she who since her New York feat has not gone beyond the quarter-final stage of a WTA circuit tournament and the 2e turn of a Major.