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After reaching the 2022 Australian Open singles final, world No. 11 American Danielle Collins will battle to make a dent in the singles draw this year to...
With dominant serving and dictating the points, Collins won the third set 6-4 to book a spot in the second round. “I feel like I have the most fun here [Melbourne] out of all the slams.” Because ranking points in tennis refresh every year, the Floridian must at least make it to the final to sustain her current ranking.
After a long day of rain delays and a grueling match that crossed over into the early morning in Melbourne, it's no surprise that the American just wanted ...
Collins's victory sent her back into the second round in Melbourne, where 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina awaits. The other three Slams soon followed suit, The only problem?
WTA No. 11 Danielle Collins lost track of points while battling Karolina Muchova; She celebrated prematurely, going to shake the chair umpires hand with ...
22 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan on Friday. 'I really thought the match was over. - Collins laughed it off, going on to win the match to advance to the third round
Danielle Collins thought she had won her Australian Open second-round match when Karolina Muchova hit a shot wide to make it 7-3 in the third set tie-break. Ad.
I don’t think if I was doing anything else people would be waiting outside of my work saying ‘Go Danielle’. I need to work on that a bit!” I just told myself at least you didn’t face plant on the floor, I was trying to keep things in perspective. “How did she not remember that? How do you recover from that?! Australian Open
After going 7-3 in the deciding set tie-break against Karolina Muchova, Collins dropped her racket and started celebrating. The chair umpire stopped Collins' ...
After winning the second set, Collins also earned the first break of the third set in the fifth game. After blowing a double-break and missing out on a set point in the 10th game, Muchova started the first-set tie-break with a 5-0 lead before converting her second set points to win a tight opener. But just when it seemed that the first set was over, Collins responded with back-to-back breaks on her own to completely get back into the set and force a tie-break.
Danielle Collins raised her hands in triumph after a dramatic, hard-fought win at the Australian Open over Karolina Muchova. There was just one problem.
I had to keep things in perspective…I am not really good with the score, so maybe I have to work on that a little bit.” The match lasted a grueling two hours and 55 minutes. Collins’ celebration against Karolina Muchova on Wednesday came with a 7-3 lead in the third-set tiebreak, but in Grand Slams a tiebreaker that decides a match goes up to 10 points.
The 2022 Australian Open runner up drop her racquet to celebrate, without realizing that the match wasn't over yetIn any Grand Slam, emotions can be many, ...
Ultimately, Collins won by a score of 10-6, and advanced to the third round, in a match that lasted two hours and 50 minutes. I guess I just never had to play a tie break in the third set in a Grand Slam, so I thought the match was over”. A great joy for the american, who drops her racket and walked to the net thinking the match was over.
There is nothing like a passionate post-match victory celebration. Well, maybe this… Watch as American Danielle Collins prematurely celebrates triumph ...
[employ the 10-point match tiebreak in deciding sets](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/16/final-sets-in-all-four-grand-slams-to-be-decided-by-10-point-tie-break-tennis) these days, and that’s something that Collins, who faces Elena Rybakina in the third round, will surely remember. [@TheFanChild ](https://twitter.com/TheFanChild) Watch as American Danielle Collins prematurely celebrates triumph against Karolina Muchova during her 6-7(1) 6-2 7-6(6) victory on Day 3 at the Australian Open.
'I'm not good with the score': US star 'a little embarrassed' after celebrating too early in tie break.
I need to work on that one a bit!” “I never had to play a tie break in the third set at a grand slam so I thought the match was over. Speaking after the clash, Collins conceded she’d never played a tie break in the final set at a grand slam and that she has a tendency to “forget” the score. After watching Muchova fire a shot wide to hand Collins a 7-3 lead in the tie-break, she dropped her racquet to the ground and held her arms aloft thinking she had secured the victory. The pair then went the distance in the third set in a gripping battle, but it seems Collins forgot the rules in the heat of the moment. American tennis star Danielle Collins admits she was “a little embarrassed” when she prematurely celebrated victory in a third-set tie-break against Karolina Muchova in the second round.
We've all been there. You're in the midst of competition and in the furor of battle, you lose track of the moment and score of the match.
I am not really good with the score, so maybe I have to work on that a little bit.” 13 seed was engaged in a ferocious battle in which she narrowly lost the first set before racing back to win the second. “I really thought the match was over.
Danielle Collins dropped her racket and threw her hands up triumphantly. Then, the chair umpire delivered some tough news; the match wasn't over yet.
"I was a little embarrassed," Collins said of the error in her post-match interview. "I just told myself, 'Well at least you didn't face plant on the floor,' you know?'" she added with a laugh. After a beat, she walked back to the line and prepared for her serve. The match kicks off Thursday at 10 p.m. By the time the third set — knotted at six games apiece — came down to a tiebreak, Margaret Court Arena was already emptying out. 11 Danielle Collins climbed back from a set down in a drawn-out battle against Karolína Muchová in Wednesday's final game of the night session.