No respite for Alizé Cornet, engaged in doubles and mixed doubles Sunday at Wimbledon – L’Équipe

On this Sunday when the All England had opened its doors, breaking with the ancestral tradition of the middle sunday off, Alizé Cornet could not fail to take advantage of it! This year, the Niçoise is one of all the lawn workshops. On Sunday, she therefore, as promised, honored her commitments in women’s doubles and mixed doubles, pushing the series to 16 matches in 19 days now. Without this seeming to pose the slightest problem for him, on the eve of trying to grab a second Grand Slam quarter-final in his career and the same year please, after the one played at the Australian Open last January! Selfies and autographs It was on court 17 that Cornet, his two thighs still strapped, battled 2h 15′ of cumulative time with his playmates. For an average result at the finish: a dry defeat in women’s doubles, associated with Diane Parry (6-3, 6-2) and a quiet success alongside Édouard Roger-Vasselin (7-5, 6-2) in mixed to end the day nicely. In any case, under the eyes of her coach, Nicolas Beuque, present in the stands, the Frenchwoman did not give up, as usual, uttering two cries of rage on two winning passing shots released in quick succession at the start of the second set. Chattering and smiling at the change of sides, Cornet obviously had a good time with Roger-Vasselin, taking care nevertheless to do some back stretching and other parallelism exercises to ensure the good condition of the “bodywork”. In the stands, it was relaxed too. Two British grannies had even brought the little “cubi” of rosé to interest the party! On leaving the court, Cornet was also able to measure his new popularity. A small hedge was indeed waiting for the French pair for some highly sought-after selfies and autographs now with the world number 1 faller, Iga Swiatek.