Danielle Rose Collins trashes Iga Swiatek 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Melbourne on Thursday after playing a great match to face off with Ashleigh Barty in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Danielle added to her prize money $ 1,100,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 2,200,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Danielle will add $ 2,200,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 4,400,000 in total.
Highlights Danielle Rose Collins vs. Iga Swiatek Australian Open – Melbourne
Collins’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 63 points vs. the Pole’s 40.
Collins
Collins served pretty well to win 78% of the points (25/32) behind her first serve. However she won only 39% points (7/18) on her second serve. The American was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).
Swiatek
On the other side, Iga was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Collins and Swiatek is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Danielle Rose Collins vs. Ashleigh Barty – stats
Collins will take on Barty in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Danielle Rose Collins and Ashleigh Barty clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Barty (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Collins won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Adelaide back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Collins started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Iga Swiatek in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Collins to win the set because Iga succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (3-5) game. The American maintained her cool to break Iga in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
A crucial moment of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Danielle converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Swiatek converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 6th (1-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They played 65 points. The American conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Swiatek (36-29). Collins surrendered 14 points on serve (19-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Iga conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
Collins was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Iga Swiatek in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Collins improved her lead after breaking the Pole in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
An important stage of this set was when Danielle won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Danielle converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Danielle didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. Collins conquered the set after winning 16 points more than Iga (27-11). Danielle was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (13-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Iga conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Tennis Scores at the
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Madison KeysKeys (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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