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Danielle Collins plans to bring her best game against Aryna Sabalenka in the 2024 Rome semi-finals, focusing on mental focus and learning from past encounters.

Danielle Collins Explains How She Defeated Azarenka In Rome

Danielle Collins shares her thoughts after advancing to the semi-finals in Rome. Collins emphasizes her mental focus and process-oriented mindset, which allows her to stay engaged in her game without being overly result-driven.

Looking forward to her semi-final match against second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, Collins plans to bring her best game and learn from their past encounters, particularly in high-pressure third-set situations. Sabalenka is a formidable opponent, and Collins acknowledges the challenge ahead but remains determined to give her all to secure a victory.

Collins in Rome, ranking, and results in 2024

Danielle Collins

42 - 16win/loss

Hard
20-10
Clay
19-5
Grass
3-1
30 year old
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2024 Highlights

Ranked world no.15, Collins owns a composed 32-8 match record in 2024. Danielle is playing at the moment in Rome where she defeated the world no.46 Anna Blinkova 6-4 ret., the world no.23 Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-3, the world no.161 Irina-Camelia Begu 6-0 6-3 and the world no.24 Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-3.

Danielle Collins will take on the world no.2 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinal on Thursday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Their record is 5-0 for Sabalenka.

Collins conquered 2 titles in 2024 in Miami and Charleston.

Danielle won 4 titles in her career: 2 on hard courts and 2 on clay courts. (See the list of her titles)

Collins
Rome
Collins's Record
Collins
Projected
Draw

Victoria Azarenka in 2024

Victoria Azarenka

30 - 15win/loss

Hard
20-10
Clay
7-4
Grass
3-1
35 year old
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2024 Highlights

Ranked no.24, the Belarussian played her last match on the 15th of May when she was defeated by world no.15 Danielle Collins 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Rome (draw).

At the moment, during this season Azarenka has a 20-9 win-loss record. Victoria Azarenka’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane and Miami.

Azarenka
Rome
Azarenka's Record

Danielle Collins and Victoria Azarenka played each other 3 times. Their current head to head is 2-1 for Collins.