The Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza (3) fell to an inspired Alizé Cornet 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the Australian Open in a clash that lasted almost an hour and a half.

The main Spanish hope said goodbye at the first change and could not match his record of the last edition when he fell in the round of 16 against the Japanese Naomi Osaka (13), so he will fall from third position on the WTA list.

“I’m like in a bubble . Also, in two days it’s my birthday so I’ll be able to celebrate it in the best possible way”, commented Cornet who will face the Slovenian Tamara Zidansek (29) or the British Heather Watson in the third round.

The 31-year-old veteran tennis player from France was brilliant and her intensity surpassed a Muguruza who offered match points during all her games at the service of a first that yielded 6-3.

Muguruza didn’t know how to change her plan to bother a solid Cornet who finished the match with five unforced errors that she countered with the 17 made by the Caracas-born tennis player.

Nor could he solve from the net, one of his improved aspects in recent times, by adding eight of the 14 points that he finished on the volley.

Following her loss, the head-to-head with Alizé Cornet was 2-3 unfavorable after they went evenly into the match at Melbourne Park.

Muguruza arrived as champion of the WTA Finals in Guadalajara (Mexico) but closed a timid Australian tour in which she won two second rounds in Sydney and at the Australian Open held in Melbourne.

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