Christina McHale shocks Alize Cornet in round one of the Aegon Classic

Updated 15/06/2015 at 21:17 GMT

Christina McHale of the United States upset 11th-seeded Alize Cornet of France 4-6 6-2 6-2 Monday to reach the second round of the Aegon Classic.

USA's Christina McHale in action during the first round

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The 23-year-old McHale tumbled out of the top 100 in the rankings from a career-high 24th after contracting mononucleosis two years ago but showed excellent movement on the grass against Cornet, who stunned Serena Williams at Wimbledon last year.

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She trailed 0-40 when serving for the match, but recovered to clinch the win. She said "I'm very glad I closed it out then, because we always have long battles."

France's Alize Cornet looks dejected during the first round

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Ninth-seeded Garbine Muguruza also lost 6-3, 6-1 to Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, who won the title here six years ago.

Top-seeded Simona Halep has a bye into the second round, where she'll face local wild-card entry Naomi Broady after her 6-3 6-4 win over Croat Ajla Tomljanovic.

First Round results at WTA Aegon Classic - Monday 15th June

Christina McHale def. Alize Cornet (11) 4-6 6-2 6-2.

Casey Dellacqua def. Lauren Davis 6-4 6-1.

Lucie Hradecka def. Lesia Tsurenko 6-4, 6-3.

Naomi Broady def Croatia 6-3 6-4.

Klara Koukalova def. CoCo Vandeweghe 7-5 6-3.

Magdalena Rybarikova def. Garbine Muguruza (9) 6-3, 6-1.

Katerina Siniakova def. Kurumi Nara 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova def. Bojana Jovanovski 6-2, 6-3.

Johanna Konta def. Jarmila Gajdosova 6-1, 6-3.

Tsvetana Pironkova def. Katie Swan 6-2, 6-2.

Michelle Larcher de Brito def. Zheng Saisai 6-3, 6-2.