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Alizé Cornet and Germans Julia Goerges, Annika Beck and Andrea Petkovic advanced on Tuesday at the NÜRNBERGER VERSICHERUNGSCUP.

Alizé Cornet threw everything at Victoria Azarenka on Court Philippe Chatrier - loops, slices, angles, and of course some big groundstrokes - but it just wasn't enough at the end of the day.

With the help of the crowd on Philippe Chatrier, Alizé Cornet looks to upset No.3 seed Victoria Azarenka in the third round of the French Open on Saturday.

Victoria Azarenka held off a pair of late surges from Annika Beck to reach the third round of the French Open. Also among the winners was Sloane Stephens, who won an all-American clash.

Marion Bartoli wasn't the only player who pulled off a miracle on Tuesday - Jelena Jankovic also achieved the unthinkable in the second set against Daniela Hantuchova. How far down was she?

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Home turf, same turf - could there any better preparation? Alizé Cornet gave herself a huge boost on the eve of her home Grand Slam, taking home the Internationaux de Strasbourg title.

Alizé Cornet survived a semifinal battle, while Lucie Hradecka had to win two matches to secure her spot in the Internationaux de Strasbourg final.

Eugenie Bouchard became Strasbourg's first Canadian semifinalist since 1987 with a routine triumph over Anna Tatishvili on Thursday.

Two more seeds went down at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, but No.3 seed Alizé Cornet and No.7 seed Chanelle Scheepers set up a quarterfinal showdown.