Melbourne: Unseed French veterans, Cornet disappointed Simona Halep at the Australian Open in the brutal Heat Monday to make the first quarter-final grand slam in the 63rd attempt.
Both players struggled when the temperature reached 33 Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) on the Rod Laver Arena, but it was a 32-year-old who won 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in 2 hours 33 minutes tiring.
He will now play Danielle Collins in the 27th seed for a place in the semifinals after America longer than Elise Mertens 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 within three hours close.
The breakthrough had long come to Cornet, which made his great debut in the French Open in 2005 but had never passed the fourth round before.
Tamarine Tanasgarn Thailand previously held a record for most appearances before reaching the quarter-finals at this level, achieving achievements in the 45 tried Wimbledon in 2008.
“It feels amazing.
The battle I have with Simona today and hot.
After 30 minutes we are both dying And we continued to run for two and a half hours, “Cornet said, which disappointed the number three world Garbine Muguruza in the round of two.
“Simona is a warrior and an example for me.
To be able to go to my first quarter-finals is a dream come true.” They traded a break in the opening set, with the first striking Cornet, before Romania was fourth seeded leveling.
With ice towels to keep them cool, they pounded from the baseline and it was Cornet coming out above to destroy twice the winner of Grand Slam Halep and moved 5-3 clearly.
He could not close the set as a volleyball backhand halep of his reach to reply, but Cornet once again violated Romania to close it in 48 minutes.
But it took it out from him.
Cornet has an ice bag on his head and drinks as much fluid as he can be changed, and his hand looks trembling.
He returned to the old forehand loop and lost his opening dish in the second set, but with the two players clearly struggling he then had a better fate to roll three consecutive matches.
Halep looks more depressed, constantly bent to breathe, but somehow survives to rest again and take a tiring set after Cornet tells the referee heat: “It’s crazy, inhumane”.
Romania worked at a 3-2 break point in the last set but failed to convert and threw her racket with disgust.
Instead it was Cornet who was beaten to move the break at 4-3 when Halep captured backhand with a French woman who fell to her knee in fatigue three matches later after winning.