Anabel Medina Garrigues bows out to the local star Alize Cornet in the quarter-finals of Internationaux de Strasbourg

Anabel Medina Garrigues bows out to the local star Alize Cornet in the quarter-finals of Internationaux de Strasbourg 
Local wildcard entrant, Alize Cornet, was edged out by the fourth seed, Anabel Medina Garrigues, in two set’s tie-breaker at the Internationaux de Strasbourg 2012 on Thursday. She suffered a 6-7(2), 6-7(5) loss at the hands of the world number 83 to book a
place in the semi-finals at this WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) International-level tournament taking place from 19th to 26th May in Strasbourg.

Cornet stayed on track to bid for her second WTA career title after upsetting the Spanish number one in their first encounter at her home tournament. She not only took lead in the head-to-head series by 1-0 against the Spaniard but also progressed into the
final four at this event.

"It was a very difficult match and I’m so happy I could beat Anabel today because she’s such a great player on clay," Cornet said. "But I just fought as hard as I could on every point. I played very well in both tie-breaks. The second set was especially
close and I could have won easier but she came back and in the end I’m just really glad to make the semifinals here."

The 22-year-old made a strong start at this outdoor clay court event and after drawing the first blood, she jumped to a 2-0 up. She capitalised on another break chance in the sixth game and took a 4-2 lead.

However, Cornet on the other hand not only snatched her break back in the very next game but stayed on track to impose a tie-breaker. The French leaped to a 4-1 lead in it before pulling out the opener with a 7-6(2) score line.

Cornet lost her path again and suffered the first blow in the opening game to fall at 0-2. However, she not only snatched her break back in the fourth game but exchanged two more serve breaks to enforce another tie-breaker. The French edged past Medina Garrigues
in it and bagged the set with a 7-6(5) win.

Up next for Cornet is her ultra-fit compatriot, Pauline Parmentier, who shocked top seeded Sabine Lisicki in her opening round match. She crushed the Russian qualifier, Alexandra Panova, in straight sets to set up this battle.

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