Australian Open 2022: The must-watch Alize Cornet interview and moody Daniil Medvedev – AO Diary

Cornet and Dokic share beautiful moment Alize Cornet was in tears as she finally ended her 17-year wait for a maiden Grand Slam quarter-final with a gruelling 6-4 3-6 6-4 success over two-time major champion Simona Halep on Rod Laver Arena on Monday. Ad/> Competing in a record 60th consecutive Grand Slam main draw, and a 63rd major overall, the 32-year-old Cornet let all her emotions out as she secured her spot in the last eight and gave a heartfelt on-court interview with retired Australian player Jelena Dokic.

Australian Open‘It was really painful’ – Cornet reveals 13 years of hurt in emotional on-court interview15 HOURS AGO Thirteen years ago, Cornet held match points against Dinara Safina before losing to the Russian in the Australian Open fourth round. Had she won that match, she would have faced Dokic in the quarter-finals.

The full circle moment was not lost on Cornet, who wouldn’t end her interview before paying tribute to Dokic, who endured some harrowing abuse from her father during her career and has managed to come out stronger on the other side. “I want to tell you something, how you moved on in your life, I think we can all congratulate you, because you were an amazing player and now you’re an amazing commentator, so bravo, Jelena,” Cornet told Dokic on court before they shared a warm embrace.

Instead of basking in her triumphant moment by herself, Cornet chose to share it with Dokic and provided one of the most touching exchanges we’ve witnessed so far this fortnight. Cranky Medvedev has a bad case of the Mondays “This is boring,” bellowed No.

2 seed Daniil Medvedev early in the fourth set of his last-16 encounter with serve-and-volley master Maxime Cressy on Monday. The Russian was frustrated by how