Disappointment for Gaston
We had left the Toulousain at Bercy, then at the NextGen Masters, where he had shone racket in hand, especially in Paris. But the whimsical left-hander completely missed his 1st round match in this Australian Open 2022. Opposed to Christopher O’Connell, not the best known of the new Australian generation, Gaston folded in four sets in the 1st round (7-6 , 6-0, 4-6, 6-1). He was the first Frenchman in the men’s draw to lose on Tuesday on the courts of Melbourne Park.
The defeat of the tricolor hope was logical. Unable to properly put his varied game in place overall, the Frenchman could only do in reaction during this meeting where he suffered the onslaught of his opponent. Completely unleashed, O’Connell got the powder talking by sending cannonballs from any position past a conquered Lleyton Hewitt. This risk-taking tactic worked perfectly, except in the third set where Gaston found the key, not without difficulty.
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In terms of statistics, the two players finished with the same copy or almost (43 winning moves for Australia, against 38 for Gaston), but at the field level the impression left was different. Gaston will especially be able to regret having missed his decisive game during the first act. It was after this twist of fate that everything changed for him. O’Connell won the right to challenge Diego Schwartzman in the second round.
Garcia lost it all
Big disappointment for Caroline Garcia. As the Lyonnaise headed for a victory in two sets against the American Hailey Baptiste, the Lyonnaise completely lost control of events, before losing in three sets (4-6, 7-6, 6-3) .
Garcia’s woes began at the very end of the second set. While serving for the match, the 70th in the world at the WTA conceded the break, before going through her decisive game lost 7 points to 4. Multiplying the bad tactical choices, and the faults, Garcia offered the set to her rival on a set. The match then eluded him for good. It is not this tournament that will restore confidence to the former French n°1.
Cornet qualified with authority
The Niçoise continues her good series at the Australian Open. For the tenth consecutive edition, the Frenchwoman ensured her presence in the second round of the first Grand Slam of the season. For this 2022 edition, she had the scalp of the Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-3, 6-3). Authoritative, this success in two rounds was the consequence of logic.
Offensive, Cornet went for this match as a boss. She delivered 25 winners and her 31 unforced errors did not have too much impact on her match. Opposite, Tomova, modest 118th in the world, did not show much by being on the defensive. She also gave a lot (30 unforced errors), but her 9 winning shots condemned her irreparably.
In the second round, Cornet will challenge a certain Garbiñe Muguruza who validated her ticket a few minutes later against Clara Burel.
Burel released by Muguruza
Clara Burel had a huge test on her Rod Laver Arena debut. And she didn’t. Opposed to the Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza, seeded n°3 of the tournament, the young tricolor was logically beaten in two sets by her eldest (6-3, 6-4). The native of Caracas was alone on the court for three-quarters of the meeting.
In difficulty behind her commitment, the native of Rennes made an easy victim for a player of Muguruza’s pedigree, already technically settled and well in her legs. The only downside for the Spaniard, a very irregular end to the match where she offered a few gifts to a finally released Burel. Despite a 5-3 break, the Angevine, 76th in the world, failed to turn the situation around at the end of the second inning.
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Many regrets for Dodin
Returning to the Australian Open after two absences, the Lille native had a bad day on the court. At the helm of the game against Irina Begu, she mainly had three match points at 5-4 in the second set. Unable to convert them, the 25-year-old then lost control of this match lost in the best of three sets (2-6, 7-5, 6-3).
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