Defending champion Elena Rybakina faces Alize Cornet within the second spherical of The Championships Wimbledon 2023 on the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.
The conflict is scheduled to be the second match on the Centre Court on the fourth day of this 12 months’s version.
When and the place to observe?
The second-round conflict between Elena Rybakina and Alize Cornet will probably be telecast dwell on Star Sports 2 and Star Sports Select and dwell streaming will probably be obtainable on Disney+Hotstar. The match may probably begin at 8:30PM IST.
World No. 3 Rybakina, who gained her maiden Major title finally 12 months’s version, comes into the second-round after a nervous 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory over American Shelby Rogers. The third-seeded Kazakh’s match in opposition to Rogers was watched by eight-time males’s champion Roger Federer, who sat within the Royal Box.
Frenchwoman Cornet, a former World No. 11, started her marketing campaign with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Japan’s Nao Hibino, a fortunate loser.
Cornet famously ended World No. 1 Iga Swiatek’s 37-match unbeaten streak final 12 months with a 6-4, 6-2 victory in opposition to the Pole within the third spherical. Overall, she has gained her final three matches in opposition to Top 5 gamers on the Slams.
Head-to-head document
Played: 2 | Cornet: 0 | Rybakina: 2
Rybakina and Cornet have confronted one another twice with the Kazakh successful on each events. The first time they took on one another was within the second spherical of the WTA occasion in Hobart in 2020 the place Rybakina triumphed 7-5, 6-3.
Their second assembly happened in the identical 12 months within the second spherical of the WTA occasion in Strasbourg the place Rybakina once more gained 6-3, 7-6(8).
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com