The number:
6
The games snatched by Alizé Cornet, against the American Danielle Collins, victorious 7-5, 6-1, in the first quarter-final of her career.
A brutal end to the adventure for the Niçoise (32 years old; 61st in the world).
"
I don't feel like I was there.
She oppressed me.
I badly managed after eighth.
I got a lot of love and wanted to personally respond to 500 text messages… She is very powerful, even more than I expected.
All the time, we feel really oppressed.
I felt out of breath all the time.
I couldn't place my stake. She never let me do it, she never gave me time to do it.
She is impressive (…) I have eternal respect for Grand Slam winners.
It's such a long way.
My God.
I feel like I've been playing this tournament for almost a year (...) when you go all the way and win those seven phenomenal matches... it's huge.
The Frenchwoman will long remember this tournament during which she eliminated Garbine Muguruza and Simona Halep.
The dream continues for the American (30th in the world) who finds the front of the stage and offers a return to the semi-finals in Melbourne (after 2019).
"
It's an amazing feeling, especially after the health issues I've
been through," Collins said of the endometriosis she suffered from last year and underwent surgery for.
For a place in the final, Danielle Collins, whom Alizé Cornet described as a "
lion
", will meet Iga Swiatek.
The American will enter the Top 20 on Monday for the first time in her career.
To discover
Australian Open: men's schedule and results
Australian Open: ladies schedule and results
The chase
Contracted, bound by double faults (12, accompanied by 50 unforced errors), feverish, Iga Swiatek (n°7) trembled, let the 1st set slip away (after erasing 8 set points).
She then led 4-1 before seeing the Estonian Kaia Kanepi (36 years old; 115th in the world) come back to 4-4.
Finally, not without fears, the Pole managed to climb 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 (on her 2nd match point, an incredible exchange) in the semi-finals of the Open d Australia for the first time.
“It was a very complicated match, I struggled to finish the forehand points in the 1st set.
In the 2nd set, I finally managed to break it… ”The Polish woman finds the last four for the first time in a Grand Slam since her title at Roland-Garros in 2020.
The sentence:
"
You have Roger Federer and these guys who are only athletes of a generation, I can't be like that
"
Signed Nick Kyrgios.
Semi-finalist of the doubles tournament with his compatriot and accomplice Thanasi Kokkinakkis (the Australians will play in the night from Wednesday to Thursday against the duo composed of the Spaniard Marcel Granollers and the Argentinian Horacio Zeballos), the volcanic Nick Kyrgios takes care of everything during this Australian Open.
He sets the mood, ensures the show, stirs up the controversy about too noisy supporters and gives himself up.
Without filter (“
I have not finished, I want to win this p… tournament
”, he assured).
He explained to the Australian site AAP Sport: “
I know over the years I haven't been the best role model, but I was just learning to deal with everything. I think now, at 26, I have matured and realized that a lot of young people and people, even those who are not confident, look at us when we are on the pitch. Thanasi and I have gone through dark times. I guess tennis has always had personalities, and they have struggled to understand that there are different ways of doing things. You have Roger Federer and these guys who are just one generation athletes, I can't be like that.
“
On the maturity side, you see why he never fulfilled his potential and probably never will.
“, slashed the New Zealander beaten in the quarter-finals (along with the German Tim Puetz) who had little taste for the spectacle of the whimsical Australian pair.
The award:
Wheelchair tennis champion Dylan Alcott has been named 2022 Australian of the Year. It's the first time in its 62-year history that a person with a disability has won the title.
Premier Scott Morrison made the announcement at an event in Canberra on Tuesday night after Alcott advanced to the Australian Open final where he will be looking to win his eighth title.
The tweet:
"
Rafa would have lost 4 kg during his quarter-final
", posted on Twitter the American journalist Jon Wertheim about the intense match in 5 sets won Tuesday, under strong heat, by the Spaniard against the Canadian Denis Shapovalov . Nadal, about whom his uncle Toni revealed to Cadena Ser: “
Three days before leaving for Australia, Rafa said he didn't know if he was going.
In the semi-finals, Rafael Nadal will play against Matteo Berrettini.
Analysis
Asked in the
Corriere della Serra
to find out who is the best player in history, John McEnroe confided: "
I break it down as follows: Nadal is the best on clay, Djokovic on hard, Federer on grass and , by far, for the style.
I idolized Rod Laver, but Roger, in his best days, was uniquely and unmatched in his beauty.
»
The
Maria Sakkari image makes the front page of Marie Claire in Greece.
The seeded n°5 had been eliminated in the round of 16 by the American Jessica Pegula.
Info:
Novak Djokovic, expelled from Australia the day before the tournament, is on the list of registered players for the Dubai tournament (from February 22 to 26).
A starting point for the Serb who has not yet played a single official match in 2022. Dubai, stopover for the world No. 1, on January 16, on the road to Belgrade after leaving Melbourne.
A tournament that the world No. 1 has won 5 times, the last in 2020. The Russian Andrey Rublev, the Canadians Félix Auger Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov or the Italian Jannik Sinner are also part of the guest list.
To follow:
Auger Aliassime-Medvedev
The talented Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime (n°9) will try, from 9:30 am, to derail the Russian metronome Daniil Medvedev (n°2).
