The blue survivor
Alizé Cornet will be the only French tennis representative in the second week of the US Open.
At 30, the Niçoise reached the 8th grade in New York for the first time.
If she benefited from the abandonment of the American Madison Keys in the middle of the second set, the 56th player in the world showed an excellent face on Saturday against the 14th Auspicious before facing in the round of 16, the Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova , almost 33 years old, and who is offering herself an astonishing comeback, she who had put her tennis career on hold since 2017.
Whatever it takes
4th round at every Slam ✅ done ✊
Wishing a speedy recovery to Madison
See you on monday for the 2nd week @usopen
8th finals in each Grand Slam, it's done ✅
Good recovery in Madison
A Monday for the 2nd week from the Us Open ✊ pic.twitter.com/y354EDp7ry
- Alize Cornet (@alizecornet) September 6, 2020
The number
8
Alizé Cornet becomes the 8th French player in history to qualify for all 8ths of the four Grand Slams.
She's never made it to quarters yet.
8. Thanks to her victory, @alizecornet joined the very closed circle of French players who qualified for the 1/8 finals of the four Grand Slam tournaments!
They are now 8: Durr, Tauziat, Pierce, Testud, Halard, Mauresmo, Bartoli and therefore Alizé Cornet.
# USOpenpic.twitter.com / 9H8FpTzNjm
- Game, Set and Math (@JeuSetMaths) September 6, 2020
The phrase
“I was shocked.
I wrote to him directly to find out what was going on.
I think she's a little overwhelmed by everything that's going on.
I am very sad for her, very sad that she has to stay here when she could be at home.
Everyone wants to go home after the tournament is over.
Now she has to stay here.
I know it's part of the protocols, but once again: it's pretty brutal to be excluded in this way ”Alizé Cornet reacting to the exclusion of her Fed Cup teammate Kristina Mladenovic, who was in“ close contact "With Benoît Paire tested positive, and which was withdrawn from the women's doubles table, by decision of Nassau County forcing the Frenchwoman to" remain in her room for the rest of her quarantine period ".
The stat
Young peril at the US Open.
Ten of the sixteen players who qualified for the round of 16 are under 25.
This hadn't happened to Nerw xYork since 2001.
10. Ten of the sixteen players who qualified for the 1/8 finals of this #USOpen are under 25 years old.
It had not happened
anymore
...
▪️ In Grand Slam since the Australian Open 2009
▪️ At the US Open since the 2001 edition pic.twitter.com/NkKEWgOuYB
- Game, Set and Math (@JeuSetMaths) September 5, 2020
The demonstration
The last French representative of the male painting, Corentin Moutet stops there.
Brutally.
The 20-year-old Parisian was swept away by the Canadian Félix Auger Aliassime, 1 year his junior.
But on the court, Moutet did little boy against the impressive 21st in the world who closed the case in 1 h 56 min and offered himself a first-class tweener.
https://t.co/Gbk6PD74kx
- Félix AugerAliassime (@felixtennis) September 5, 2020
The outsider
Finalist in Melbourne last January, Dominic Thiem confirms on the hard of the US Open that he is now well established in the big leagues.
The Austrian dismissed the winner of the 2014 edition, the Croatian Marin Cilic (38th) 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in 2 h 27 min.
In the next round, Thiem will meet young Canadian prospect Felix Auger-Aliassime.
A hell of a shock in perspective.
Closing it out.
Dominic Thiem survives the Cilic test and is through to Round 4. pic.twitter.com/MYzZ5h7BYs
- US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 6, 2020
The locals, the residents
Sofia Kenin, had never passed the 3rd round in New York.
It's done.
The American 4th in the world, qualified Saturday without too much difficulty for the round of 16 of the US Open by dismissing the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (31st) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3.
In the next round, the winner of the Australian Open will face the Belgian Elise Mertens (18th).
His compatriot France Tiafoe defeated Hungarian Márton Fucsovics 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 and also qualifies for his first 8th at the US Open.
No caption needed.
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- US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 6, 2020
The surprise
We can't stop Vasek Pospisil, 94th player in the world.
Fallen by his compatriot Milos Raonic in the second round, Pospisil confirmed against the Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5, 2-6, 4-6, 6-3 and 6-2.
Place in the 8th final to the Australian Alex de Minaur, 28th in the world.
Pospisil does it for the North.
On to R4 for the pic.twitter.com/O52znMVlG9
- US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 5, 2020
The beautiful story
Tomb of Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-1, Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, 33, out of the circuit for more than three years, finds herself in the round of 16 of the US Open where she will face Alizé Cornet.
After having released Garbiñe Muguruza, 2020 finalist of the Australian Open, the mother continues her astonishing comeback, she who had not walked courts in competition since Wimbledon ... 2017.
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