The American tennis player beat France’s Alizé Cornet (7-5, 6-1) in straight sets in their duel for the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Now Collins will have to wait for Swiatek or Kanepi to meet his rival in the semifinals.
Great duel between two good revelations of this first Grand Slam of the season. Danielle Collins He began winning in straight sets in the first two rounds, and then he was strengthening his game, although having to come back in his next presentations, both against Tauson in the third round, and against Mertens in the round of 16. The American was looking to get into the Melbourne semifinals for the second time, after what was done in 2019.
For its part, Alize Cornet He arrived with full confidence, after shaking the women’s draw twice. First, the Frenchwoman fired Muguruza in the second round, and then, already in the round of 16, she won an extremely close duel against Halep.
Collins advances in running sets
The game was expected to be very close, with just details that were going to make a difference for one or the other. Collins has more tools to generate attacks, but also much less patience than Cornet in trades. The American started strong on serve, and quickly converted a break to take a 3-1 lead. Holding that lead throughout the rest of the set, he was poised to serve to win it. But there Cornet put pressure, forced Danielle to make mistakes, and recovered the break, leaving everything even. However, again Collins made the difference from the return and took the set 7-5.
The American came out stronger in the second set, and again managed to break first to take a considerable lead on the scoreboard. Collins already seemed to have victory in her hands, especially because of the body language that the Frenchwoman showed. Danielle broke again to almost seal the win. The American sealed the victory with a resounding 6-1 final.
