While she will return to competition this Tuesday during a WTA 125 tournament in Spain, Alizé Cornet said that she did not intend to play the next Roland-Garros.
It was the unexpected announcement of last week. After retiring during the last Roland-Garros, Alizé Cornet decided to return to the competition, at 35 years old. Niçoise is still officially classified at the WTA (532nd this week), and it is this Tuesday that she will play her first match. On the occasion of the WTA 125 of the Bisbal of Emporda in Catalonia, on clay, she will challenge the Spaniard Irene Burillo Escorihuela, 231st world, before going to play the WTA 250 in Rouen in mid-April.
Alizé Cornet, in an interview with the account
Instagram From the Spanish tournament, recognizes that she was too looking forward to resuming the competition: “Originally, I wanted to start in Rouen, to make my return home, but I was looking forward to returning to competition. I chose the bisbal because it’s near my home, I was able to come by car, and I think it was the perfect time for me to start again. I do not regret my choice, I feel very well here, so I hope to go as far as possible. It’s a really special moment for me because I haven’t played tennis for ten months. I trained hard to be ready for this recovery tournament. I am happy with my tennis, but the most important thing is that I enjoy the time spent on the court, I smile all the time, I feel like a teenager. I hope I will have the same state of mind during my match. »»
Cornet in Rouen, Madrid, Rome … But not Paris?
And to the question “Did you choose Emporda Bisbal to prepare Roland-Garros?” Alizé Cornet is affirmative. “I will not play Roland-Garros. The Niçoise does not give more details, but when it comes back specially for the season on clay, and plans to compete in the qualifications in Madrid and then in Rome, the fact that playing Porte d’Auteuil is not part of her plans is enough to question. She could however ask for an invitation, or play her protected classification to play the qualifications, she who was 106th in the world when she retired. But maybe good results in the coming weeks will make it change your mind …
