The seventh title will wait. For the fifteenth final of her career, Alizé Cornet lost sharply to Elise Mertens (6-2, 6-0) in 1h20, this Sunday in Monastir. The 32-year-old Frenchwoman has not won a trophy on the WTA circuit since her coronation at Gstaad in 2018.
Nine double faults
Symbol of this day without, his service. Totally disordered from the first minutes of the game, Cornet committed nine double faults, including seven in the first set alone. And his percentage of first serves (50% over the whole match) never allowed him to break free. Result, after leading 2-1, 15-40 on the commitment of Mertens, the French sank and cashed eleven consecutive games.
“I’m super disappointed, I didn’t give you the final that I would have liked to give you, regretted the Frenchwoman while addressing the public during the trophy award ceremony. Elise did not make it easy for me, she played very well, congratulations to her and to Philippe (Dehaes, his trainer). »
“I’m sorry for not having given my best today”
« I spent a wonderful week here, I didn’t want to leave, that’s why I tore myself away to go as far as possible, she added. This is the first time I came to Tunisia, I will come back. I absolutely loved it. It was a fantastic first edition. I’m sorry for not giving my best today. »
Thanks to this title, her first this season, the Belgian player, 42nd in the world this week, will climb to 36th place on Monday. Cornet will drop from 37th to 32nd in the WTA. A small consolation prize.