The American presented herself excellently, dominated the seeded seven and was promoted to the first Grand Slam final in her career. The thirtieth in the world ranking, Collins defeated the Polish woman in just 78 minutes 6: 4 6: 1.
Collins knocked out Swiatek, but she was not as happy as usual
Danielle Collins was almost flawless throughout the match. She had a total of 27 winning punks and only 13 unforced mistakes. All this was enough to completely confuse Iga ¦wi ± tek. In addition, she broke her website six times. – At this point I feel sorry for Iga Christmas … Danielle Collins completely crushes her fighting spirit when she does not even play bad tennis – commented journalist Zenia D’cunha.
“13 winning points against just two Collins unforced blunders in the second set,” wrote Ben Rothenberg, journalist and host of the podcast “No Challenges Remaining”.
The 28-year-old tennis player has only played in the semi-finals once so far and certainly does not remember him very well, because then she lost. But now Collins is a completely different player. Famous so far for her sharp reactions and shouts during matches, which usually motivate a tennis player, this time she behaved completely differently.
– The worry of the day is not defeating Iga Świątek by Danielle Collins 6-4, 6-1. It is the complete lack of an audible or other reaction to the match point from Collins, the Tennis Podcast profile notes. – It speaks louder than the words: She’s not finished yet.
Throughout the game, Collins’ loud scream could only be heard once. Perhaps this is the effect of her transformation after numerous health problems. Several months ago
“Eventually I got to the point where I could no longer cope with either my physical or my mental pain,” Collins told Courtney Nguyen of. Even then, the American woman had surgery for endometriosis. An operation that changed her whole life – in April 2021 she had a cyst the size of a tennis ball on her ovary.
Collins later explained in the media that after the surgery, she changed her approach to training, but also her attitude to life. – First of all, I realized that if I wanted to continue playing tennis, I had to learn to live with it. I underwent profound changes in my lifestyle, the most important of which were those in my diet. Through allergy tests, I learned that I cannot digest dairy or gluten. By eliminating these two things, I am able to keep the markers of inflammation at a low level. In addition, I constantly monitor symptoms and dose medications appropriately. When I’m away from home, acupuncture, massages, baths in ice cold or hot water mixed with bitter salt are extremely important to me – Collins said in an interview with PAP after last year’s tournament in Adelaide.
“Anyone who has been through this understands what it means to fight. Now that Collins does not have to face pain, freedom is visible in her game,” wrote the Australian daily “The Age” after the American win against the favored French Alize Cornet on Wednesday (7 : 5, 6: 1). This win gave Collins the Austrialian Open semi-final. Now, it probably contributed to the defeat of the Polish tennis player and promotion to the finals.
Source: Sport
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