Garbiñe Muguruza falls in the second round against an inspired Cornet

The Spanish

fell to an inspired

6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the Australian Open in a clash that lasted almost an

.

The main Spanish hope said goodbye at the first change and could not match his record from the last edition when he fell in the round of 16 against the Japanese

so he will fall from third position on the WTA list.

"I'm like in a bubble. Also, in two days it's my birthday so I can celebrate it in the best possible way," said Cornet, who will face the Slovenian

or the British

The 31-year-old veteran French tennis player was brilliant and her intensity surpassed a Muguruza who

at the service of a first that yielded 6-3.

Muguruza did not know how to change the plan to bother a solid Cornet who finished the match with five unforced errors that she countered with the 17 of the tennis player born in Caracas.

Nor could he solve from the net,

one of his improved aspects in recent times, by adding eight of the 14 points that he finished on the volley.

Following her loss, the head-to-head with Alizé Cornet was 2-3 unfavorable after they went evenly into the match at Melbourne Park.

Muguruza arrived as champion of the WTA Finals in Guadalajara (Mexico) but closed a timid Australian tour in which she won two second rounds in Sydney and at the Australian Open held in Melbourne.

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