La tennista statunitense Serena Williams è stata eliminata dal torneo di Wimbledon al terzo turno, battuta dalla francese Alizé Cornet
Ha perso per due set a uno (1-6, 6-3, 6-4) ed è la sua più precoce eliminazione degli ultimi nove anni, a Wimbledon, il più importante torneo sull’erba oltre che il più antico e prestigioso al mondo. Alizé Cornet è attualmente la tennista numero 24 nel Rankin WTA, Serena Williams è la prima.
(Agence France-Presse) Top seed Williams, a five-time Wimbledon champion, had reached at least the last 16 in each of her previous seven visits to the All England Club, but Cornet fought back from a set down to end that sequence in two hours and four minutes of gripping drama on Court One.
It was the shell-shocked 32-year-old’s earliest Wimbledon exit since her loss to Jill Craybas at the same stage in 2005.
Serena could have no complaints about an embarrassing defeat which continued a disappointing campaign for the 17-time Grand Slam champion, who has failed to get beyond the fourth round at any of the three majors so far this year.
After a sluggish start, Cornet produced some simply brilliant play in the final two sets and the reward for the best result of her career is a fourth round clash against Canadian 13th seed Eugenie Bouchard on Monday.
It will be the 24-year-old’s first appearance in the second week of Wimbledon at the eighth attempt and only her second career fourth round appearance at a Grand Slam.
