Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 24, 2022 France's Alize Cornet celebrates winning her fourth round match against Romania's Simona Halep REUTERS/Morgan Sette
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - At the start of the year, Alize Cornet said she was considering retirement at the end of the 2022 season but after reaching her first major quarter-final at the Australian Open on Monday, the 32-year-old said the sky was now the limit.
Making her 63rd main-draw appearance at a Grand Slam, Cornet finally got beyond the fourth round when she survived stifling heat to outlast former world number one Simona Halep 6-4 3-6 6-4 and set up a meeting with American Danielle Collins.
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