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Tennis: Cornet finds colors in Gstaad ©
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/ CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT
A sixth WTA title to put a complicated start to the season behind it: Alizé Cornet won the Gstaad tournament on Sunday, two months after being cleared in disciplinary proceedings for violating the anti-doping rules.
In January, the 28-year-old French woman was in uncertainty, learning the opening of a disciplinary procedure to rule on her fate after three breaches of localization obligations in one year, subject to a suspension that could go up to two years.
A half-year later, the 48th world, cleared, raises again a trophy on the circuit, after its victory against the Luxembourgeoise Mandy Minella (226e), 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) on the ground beaten Helvetian
The Niçoise wins its first success since 2016, she who had not played any finals since January 2017.
In Gstaad, the logic was respected since Cornet was the seeded N .1, but this coronation sounds like a rebirth for the Habs, who wins without losing a set of the week when she has not won two games in rank in her last five tournaments.
what to give color to a very dull season: removed from the French team Fed Cup after the announcement of the disciplinary proceedings opened against him, Cornet had still decided to continue playing on the circuit in the waiting for a decision, but had never gone beyond the quarters of f In May, the independent ITF court had cleared Cornet, finding that the doping control officer had not made "all reasonable efforts to locate the athlete" at the third unannounced test missed.
22/07/2018 13:55:12 –
Gstaad (Switzerland) (AFP) –
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