Since the first quarter-final of her career in Grand Slam at the last Australian Open, the French N.1 (36th in the world) has had a string of poor performances: under the Florida sun, she suffered her third entry elimination. in four tournaments.
This is the 7th defeat in as many games for the French against the American.
Cornet got off to a bad start in Miami, losing her white serve to trail 2-0.
In this first round, Riske (50th in the world) managed to steal his serve a second time to win it 6-2 in 42 minutes.
At the start of the second set, Cornet had a 2-0 ball, but was broken shortly after by Riske, who broke away 3-1.
As in the first round, the Niçoise lost her serve a second time, to be trailing 5-2 and allow the American to win this set by the same score as the first in 45 minutes, and the match.
For his part, Humbert (45th in the world) justified his status as favorite against Bedene (142nd).
The Frenchman won the first set in 40 minutes by scoring the only break of the set at 4-3, to lead 5-3 and win the set on his serve.
Bedene reacted from the start of the second set by delighting the Frenchman's service at 1-0 to break away 2-0.
Humbert never managed to make up this late break and lost the set 6-3.
In the decisive set, Humbert broke at 2-1, to lead 3-1 and break away 4-1 on his serve.
The Slovenian then unbroken, but Humbert moved forward to take the opposing serve again at 4-3 and lead 5-3.
Serving for the match, he concluded with an acceleration of a forehand cross on his first match point, winning in 1 h 54 min.
Alizé Cornet serving against the American Alison Riske at the Miami tournament, March 24, 2022 Mark Brown Getty / AFP
It is the first time this year that the Frenchman, 23, has passed a round.
He had indeed fallen from the start during his first four tournaments of the year.
In the next round, he will face the Russian Aslan Karatsev (32nd), who beat him in their only confrontation at the Masters 1000 on clay in Madrid, in the spring of 2021.
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