: Watch: ‘Never too late to try again’ – Alize Cornet reaches Grand Slam QF on 63rd attempt #IndiaNEWS Unseeded French veteran Alize Cornet upset Simona Halep at the Australian Open in brutal heat

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Watch: ‘Never too late to try again’ – Alize Cornet reaches Grand Slam QF on 63rd attempt #IndiaNEWS
Unseeded French veteran Alize Cornet upset Simona Halep at the Australian Open in brutal heat Monday to make her first Grand Slam quarter-final on her 63rd attempt.And in a must-watch post-match interview, Alize Cornet spoke to former Australian tennis player Jelena Dokic on ending her long wait with an epic win against Simona Halep. The match was played in brutal conditions that saw both players struggle in the heat. The temperatures hit 33 Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) on Rod Laver Arena, but it was the 32-year-old who prevailed 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in a gruelling 2hr 33min.She will now play 27th-seeded Danielle Collins for a place in the semis after the American outlasted Elise Mertens 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in a near three-hour epic.The breakthrough has been a long time coming for Cornet, who made her Grand Slam debut at the French Open in 2005 but had never been past the fourth round before, her previous best in Melbourne too. And Dokic started off the interview by referring to the 2009 Major when she could have been Cornet’s opponent.“It’s never too late to try again,� Cornet said when it was mentioned that it took her 63 attempts to...Read more

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