Women’s No.15 seed Alize Cornet has progressed to the second round of Australian Open 2009 following a straight sets win over Ukraine’s Mariya Koryttseva on Monday.
In a tough match where both players struggled with their service games, the 18-year-old Frenchwoman eventually triumphed 6-3 6-4 in 90 minutes.
Cornet, who earlier this month made it to the quarterfinals of the Sydney International tournament, took advantage of her break-point opportunities in the first set to take a 5-3 lead.
Thanks to her opponent’s 21 unforced errors, Cornet went on to secure the first set 6-3.
Three double faults in the first game of the second set by Cornet gave Koryttseva a 1-0 lead. Koryttseva, who made it into the top 100 in 2008, then fought hard to stay in the match, but a string of unforced errors were her undoing. A Koryttseva double fault in the final game gave the set and match to Cornet.
Cornet now moves on to the next round, where she’ll take on the winner of the Andrea Petkovic/Kathrin Woerle match.
Quick facts
Average first serve speed by Cornet was 148km/h
Cornet converted 73% of her break point opportunities
Koryttseva made 39 unforced errors
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