Danielle Rose Collins bests Saisai Zheng 7-6(5) 6-1 in the 1st round in Adelaide on Monday. Collins will face off with the world no.1 Ashleigh Barty in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes.

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Draw and next match H2H: Danielle Rose Collins vs. Ashleigh Barty – stats

Collins will compete against Barty in the 2nd round. This will be the 4th time that Danielle Rose Collins and Ashleigh Barty face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Barty (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Barty won 3-6 6-1 7-65 in the semifinal in Adelaide back in 2020.

While Barty is widely considered the favorite to win the match also strong of her H2H record vs. the American, Collins can definitely cause an upset. Barty is also a little bit under pressure as many think that she is not the “real” world on.1 as she retains the top position only because the ranking points are frozen. Ashleigh will try to demonstrate the opposite.

Highlights Danielle Rose Collins vs. Saisai Zheng Adelaide International – Adelaide

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Collins
Zheng
7-65 6-1
1h:41
74
74
Total points
61
61
28
28
Winners
27
27
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
4
4
Double Faults
0
0
60%
60%
1st in
68%
68%
74%
74%
1st won
55%
55%
28/38
28/38
1st won
27/49
27/49
44%
44%
2nd won
43%
43%
11/25
11/25
2nd won
10/23
10/23
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
2/3
2/3
42%
42%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Collins scored 74 points vs. Zheng’s 61.

Collins

Danielle won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Zheng

On the other side, Saisai didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Collins and Zheng is 1-2 for Saisai.

 

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Collins was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Barty in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Danielle to win the set as Zheng managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Collins maintained her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

Tiebreak

Collins won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Zheng won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 8th (4-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-c

Danielle converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th

game (3-2 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Saisai converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 8th game (3-5 30-40).

They played 88 points. This set was so close that, Danielle won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Danielle dropped 19 points on serve (25-19). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).

2nd Set -
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Collins conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Barty in the 1st game (1-0). Danielle improved her lead after breaking Saisai in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

Zheng was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.

Danielle converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Danielle didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 44 points. The American won 12 more points than the Chinese (28-16). Collins conceded 5 points on serve (13-5). In addition, on the other side, Saisai conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).

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