Alizé Cornet snaps Iga Swiatek's 37-match win streak in Wimbledon third round
For the second time in her career, the Frenchwoman defeated a world No. 1 on No. 1 Court in this very stage of the grass-court major.
In 2014, Alizé Cornet stunned world No. 1 Serena Williams in a third-round Wimbledon contest on No. 1 Court.
Eight years later, the Frenchwoman was back inside that very venue against a dominant WTA star who hadn’t lost since February, and once again stepped up in a major way.
On Saturday, Cornet snapped top-ranked Iga Swiatek’s unbeaten run of 37 matches with an impressive 6-4, 6-2 victory.
"I'm like good wine. In France, good wine always ages well," the Nice native said in reacting afterwards.
Meeting the two-time Roland Garros champion for the first time, Cornet raced a 3-0 lead and maintained her initial break to close out the first set. Swiatek initially led the second set 2-0, before the 32-year-old regained control to oust the top seed with a roaring finish.
"Usually when I'm coming back, I have some kind of a plan and I know what to change. Here I didn't know what to change. I was confused," Swiatek shared during her press conference.
Cornet previously reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at this year’s Australian Open in her 63rd major main-draw appearance by upstaging two-time major winner Simona Halep in three sets. She can now match that result if she advances past Ajla Tomljanovic. Last year at SW19, the Australian claimed their second-rounder over three sets en route to her own maiden major last eight effort.
Full reaction to come from Steve Tignor.