American Danielle Collins is the surprise finalist at the Australian Open 2022. The 27th-seeded American reached her first final in the Grand Slam tournaments with a straight-set victory of 2-0 (6:4, 6:1) over Poland’s Iga Swiatek. This is the biggest success in the career of the 28-year-old American tennis player, who reached the semi-finals in Melbourne two years ago but then failed to qualify for the final, losing to Petra Kvitova.
Thus, the women’s final in Melbourne this year opposes Danielle Collins and the world’s number one Ashleigh Barty. The Australian continued her dominance in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year after beating Madison Keys with 2-0 6:1, 6:3) in the first match of today’s program on the central court. The title match will take place on Saturday.
Danielle Collins was extremely aggressive in her game from the bottom of the court, constantly shooting Iga Swiatek with strong serves and powerful returns, managing to avoid the accumulation of unforced errors. The American started the match perfectly, leading by 4-0 in the opening set with two breaks before the Pole found herself by covering three set points in the eighth game to return to the game at 5:4. However, Danielle Collins kept her composure and scored some great serves for the set, thus leading the result after 6:4.
This seemed to break the world’s No 9, which again allowed two breaks at the start of the second set, allowing his American rival to gain even more confidence in the lead of 4:0. This time Danielle Collins did not allow unnecessary problems and closed the match in a trouble-free way, registering another break against Iga Swiatek’s serve to achieve success after 6:4, 6:1.
The American finished the match with 27 winners and only 13 unforced errors, while on the other hand the Iga Swiatek was far timider and respected by the strong blows of the 30th in the world, managing to score 12 winners and make 13 unforced errors. Also, Danielle Collins made 7 aces and won 78% of her first serve points.
