World no. 3 Victoria Azarenka was made to toil by Alizé Cornet of France. Victoria emerged as the ultimate winner, in the match which lasted for 1 hour 42 minutes, to advance to the fourth round of the 'prestigious' French Open 2013.
The 23-year-old from France, initially, opted for attacking tactics which helped her open up a 2-0 lead in the first set. The lead was maintained throughout and Cornet eventually went on to take the first set 6-4 in 54 minuted
After a surprise in the opening set, Victoria Azarenka didn't lack confidence as she broke her opponents serve straight away. She made minimal unforced errors and piled on too many winners which help her grab the second set 6-3 in 50 minutes.
After the match being thrown in the decider, Alizé Cornet, who had won the WTA event in Strasbourg earlier this year, broke Azarenka at the start, but failed to hold on serve right after, and the scoreline read 1-1 in the third set. Azarenka, then, came back strong to hold her serve and broke Cornet's serve twice thereafter to clinch the set 6-1 in 38 minutes and eventually won the match 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Azarenka, who won the Australian Open and a WTA event in Doha earlier this year, did make a few mistakes by committing 10 double faults, but 41 winners and just 31 unforced errors were enough to cover up those negligible mistakes.
Tough luck for Alizé Cornet, who fought her heart out against the no. 3 seed of the tournament.
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