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Patna : 27th seed Danielle Collins, 28, USA, hammered 7th seed Iga Swiatek, 20, Poland, in straight sets in women’s singles semi-final to reach the final of Australian Open (AO) 2022 on January 27, 2022.Collins will face top seed Ashleigh Barty, 25, Australia, in final on January 29, 2022,
World No 30 Collins beat World No 9 Switake 6-4, 6-1 in second women’s singles semi-final on Rod Laver Area, Melbourne Park, Australia. Collins won 6 break points during the match to 2 by 2020 French Open champion Swiatek. The American won 5 games in a row during the match to 2 by the Pole. Bo the players committed 4 double faults each in the match. Collins fired 7 Aces during the match to 1 by Swiatek. The American, in all, won 63 points in the match to 40 points by the Pole.
Collins won 31 receiving points to 18 by Swiatek. Collins’winning percentage both on her first and second serve ( 78% & 50 %) was far superior to Swiatek’s ( 59% & 18%). Collins has won 2 career titles wile Swiatek has won 3 titles.
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