Danielle Collins will face Ashleigh Barty in the Australian Open final on Saturday in Melbourne. Even if the H2H is 3-1 for Barty, the American player won their last encounter in Adelaide last year with a telling 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Adelaide.
This is what happened on that occasion.
Highlights Danielle Collins vs. Ashleigh Barty Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Danielle scored 53 points vs. the Australian’s 41.
Collins
The American was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).
Barty
On the other side, the Australian was exceptional in converting all her break points (2/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
Live score progression and stats
was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Ashleigh Barty in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Danielle managed to stage a great comeback to break Ashleigh in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Barty was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-3 to 6-3.
The American won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 5th (1-4) game, Danielle broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to conquer the set 6-4.
Ashleigh was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-4 to 6-4.
Collins was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 7th (2-4 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, the Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 0-40).
They contested 45 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Australian (26-19). Collins surrendered 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
