Finalist last year at the Australian Open, Danielle Collins needed the super-tiebreak to overcome Karolina Muchova.
Danielle Collins bordered on corrections. An unfortunate finalist at the 2022 edition of the Australian Open, the American had to work hard to overcome Karolina Muchova in the second round. After a tight start to the match, it was the Czech who was the first to take the lead in the exchange. After a first break, the 133rd World concluded a series of four games won consecutively by a second. Serving to win the round, Karolina Muchova saw Danielle Collins completely reverse the trend. Saving a set point along the way, the American returned the favor to her opponent. Returning to five games everywhere, she was able to take the Czech to the decisive game. But, leaving only one point to the 11th world, Karolina Muchova dominated this tiebreak with a head and shoulders to take the lead. Back to the wall, the seeded number 13 raised his voice and took his opponent’s service from the start of the second set.
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Collins at the end of the suspense
Absolutely not in danger on her face-off, Danielle Collins consolidated her ascendancy with a second game of opposing service won. Leading five games to two, the American only needed a set point to equalize and restart the game. On her way, Danielle Collins let out two first break points before finding the solution. But, then leading three games to two, she could not confirm this advantage. Karolina Muchova was able to equalize in stride before holding on and taking her opponent into the super-tiebreak. The two players then went blow for blow but it was Danielle Collins who ended up making the difference to conclude with her first match point (6-7, 6-2, 7-6 in 2h56 ‘). The 2022 finalist will find Elena Rybakina in the third round, crowned last year at Wimbledon. The Kazakh, seeded number 2, easily defeated Kaja Juva (6-2, 6-1 in 59 minutes).
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Azarenka wasted no time
Seeded number 24, Victoria Azarenka will also be present in the third round of the Australian Open. Crowned in Melbourne in 2012 and 2013, the Belarusian only left the first game of the match to Nadia Podoroska. Argentina, who fell for Léolia Jeanjean in the first round, could not do anything against the 24th in the world. Leaving only one break point at the end of the first set, Victoria Azarenka made the world 191st live a nightmare in a meeting completed in less than an hour (6-1, 6-0 in 58 minutes . The Belarusian will face No. 10 seed Madison Keys in the third round. The American dominated China’s Xinyu Wang in two sets (6-3, 6-2 in 1h14′).
