Anne bows out in Fes quarters
A positive week for the British No.3 ends at the hands of Alize Cornet
Anne Keothavong has been defeated by Alize Cornet of France in the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament in Fes, Morocco.
The former world No.11 – currently ranked at No.84 – opened up a 4-1 lead over in the first set, only for 26-year-old Keothavong to fight back with four games in a row.
But when Keothavong failed to serve out the set, Cornet capitalised, holding out for the first set before bossing the second to claim a 7-5 6-2 victory.
The Londoner, who had reached the last eight of the Grand Prix De Sar La Princesse Lalla Meryem after opponent Carla Suarez Navarro retired injured, was featuring in the quarter-finals of a WTA tournament for the second time this year, having made the semi-final stage in Memphis in February.
Keothavong next heads to Rome, where she’ll face Italian Alice Moroni in the first round of qualifying for the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Friday.