Danielle Collins stuns champion Iga Swiatek in Rome: Key stats
What's the story
American tennis player Danielle Collins pulled off a stunning upset at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia by knocking out three-time champion Iga Swiatek in the second round.
The match ended with a scoreline of 6-1, 7-5. With this defeat, Swiatek is likely to lose her No. 2 ranking.
Collins had lost seven out of eight encounters against the five-time Grand Slam singles champion before this victory.
Details
Collins's journey to victory against Swiatek
As per WTA, Collins's victory over Swiatek was her first Top 10 win in over a year, and only the third time she has defeated a Top 2 player.
This was after her victories over Ashleigh Barty at Adelaide in 2021 and Angelique Kerber at the Australian Open in 2019.
In 9 WTA Tour meetings, Collins now owns a 2-7 win-loss record over Swiatek.
Stats
A look at the match stats
Despite Swiatek facing four break points in the first set, Collins broke Swiatek's serve five times in the match.
In the first set alone, she faced four break points and committed two double faults under pressure.
Collins converted six out of eight break point opportunities while Swiatek managed only two out of 10 attempts.
Collins doled out six aces compared to Swiatek's one. She managed 74% win on the first serve and 61% win on the 2nd.
Collins clocked 32 winners and just 15 unforced errors. Meanwhile, Swiatek hit more unforced errors than winners (22).
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A rare failure for Swiatek
As per Opta, Swiatek failed to reach the Round of 16 in a WTA-1000 event for the first time since Cincinnati 2021, when she was defeated by Ons Jabeur. Swiatek made this stage for 26 such consecutive events.
Collins
Massive records made by Collins
Collins is now the oldest player to defeat a top-2 ranked opponent at the Internazionali d'Italia in the last 40 years.
Meanwhile, Collins has now defeated a top-5 ranked opponent on clay court for the first time in her career after having lost all their previous six career such meetings.