Fox Sports’ Chris Chase provides some background on Cornet:
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Drama around Cornet continued Thursday at the French Open at Roland Garros, where Maria was less-than-appreciative of what she perceived to be Cornet’s stalling tactics as she nursed cramps in the third set. Cornet prevailed in the last set, 6-4, to advance in the tournament.
Here’s what went down upon completion of the match.
The French crowd, of course, was behind its countrywoman, but we have to wonder what the response would have been in say, New York at the U.S. Open.
