Danielle Rose Collins powers past Naomi Osaka 7-5 6-0 in the 1st round in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday after playing a fantastic match to play Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Danielle added to her prize money $ 4,310 after winning this match. She has already won $ 13,170 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 11,030 to her earnings to get in total $ 24,200 in total.
Highlights Danielle Rose Collins vs. Naomi Osaka Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Danielle scored 67 points vs. the Japanese’s 47.
Collins
Collins served exceptionally well to win 86% of the points (30/35) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 48% points (13/27) on her second serve. The American was effective at converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).
Osaka
On the other side, Osaka wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Collins and Osaka is 2-3 for Naomi.
Draw and next match H2H: Danielle Rose Collins vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Collins will take on Rybakina in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Danielle Rose Collins and Elena Rybakina fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Rybakina won 6-2 5-7 6-2 in the 3rd round in Melbourne back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Collins clinched in the 11th game (6-5) before finally conquering the set (7-5).
Naomi was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
The American converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 11th (5-5 40-A and 40-A) and the 13th game (7-4 0-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 79 points. Danielle was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Osaka (43-36). Danielle lost 12 points on serve (28-12). In addition, on the other side, Naomi conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
Osaka had no answers anymore and Danielle won the set 6-0.
Collins was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, Naomi was unable to convert any of her 6 break points. She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (0-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 32 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than the Japanese (23-9). Collins lost 7 points on serve (15-7). In addition, on the other side, Osaka conceded 8 points on serve (2-8).
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
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- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-1 7-61) – Stats and score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-0 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Xinyu WangWang (5-7 6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Naomi OsakaOsaka (7-5 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Bernarda PeraPera (6-2 5-7 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Xiyu WangWang (6-2 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-74 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Diane ParryParry (6-4 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Heather WatsonWatson (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Maria SakkariSakkari (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Magda LinetteLinette (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-0) – H2H details and stats