Alize Cornet is experiencing the enjoyment of a recent begin on the tennis court docket, simply ten months after her emotional retirement at Roland Garros 2024. With a victory underneath her belt and a smile on her face, the 35-year-old French participant is embracing her comeback with the passion of a young person. The Grand Slam in Paris, nevertheless, just isn’t on her schedule this yr.
The previous world No. 11 Cornet is at present in Spain, taking part in the WTA 125 La Bisbal d’Emporda occasion. She began off sturdy with a 6-1 6-2 victory over world No. 231 Irene Burillo Escorihuela. In an interview shared on the event’s Instagram, Cornet opened up about her tennis plans and emphasised that Roland Garros is not going to be a part of her return in.
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“It’s a very special moment for me, because I haven’t played a lot of tennis since ten months,” Cornet shared. “Just the last two months I got ready for this tournament and some others.”
“I trained really hard to be ready for this tournament, for my comeback. And now my tennis is going very well, but I think the most important is that I enjoy my time on the court. I enjoy being on the court, I smile all the time, I feel like a teenager a little bit.”
Though Cornet had initially deliberate to start out her comeback on the WTA 250 event in Rouen, France, from April 14-20, she couldn’t wait and determined to leap into the La Bisbal d’Emporda occasion in Costa Brava.
