Danielle Rose Collins bests Alize Cornet 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Melbourne on Wednesday. Collins will clash against Iga Swiatek in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. This run will match her best result in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.
Collins added to her prize money $ 500,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 1,100,000 till now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Danielle will add $ 1,100,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 2,200,000.
Highlights Danielle Rose Collins vs. Alize Cornet Australian Open – Melbourne
Collins’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Collins scored 70 points vs. Cornet’s 53.
Collins
Collins served extremely well to win 90% of the points (28/31) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 42% points (11/26) on her second serve. Collins won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Cornet
On the other side, the French player was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Collins and Cornet is 1-0 for Danielle.
Draw and next match H2H: Danielle Rose Collins vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Collins will fight against Swiatek in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Danielle Rose Collins and Iga Swiatek play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Swiatek won 6-2 3-0 ret. in the quarter in Adelaide back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after she broke the French player in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Alize tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, Danielle kept the situation under control to win the set 7-5.
Danielle converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alize was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 78 points. Danielle conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the French player (41-37). Danielle lost 10 points on serve (22-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Alize conceded 19 points on serve (27-19).
Collins commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Alize Cornet in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Danielle reinforced her lead after breaking Alize in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when Danielle won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Danielle was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40). On the other side, the French player was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (0-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 45 points. The American conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Cornet (29-16). Collins lost 8 points on serve (17-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Alize conceded 12 points on serve (8-12).
Tennis Scores at the
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Kaia KanepiKanepi (4-6 7-62 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Alize CornetCornet (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Madison KeysKeys (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-1) – H2H details and stats