On January 27, Beijing time, the Australian Open women's singles semifinals ended the competition. In the end, the 27th seed of the tournament, the American Collins, broke out of the cold, she defeated the 7th seed Swatek in two straight sets 6-4 6-1, and advanced to the women's singles final of the Grand Slam for the first time in her career. Her opponent in the final will be Australia's homegrown world number one Barty, who swept Keys in an earlier match to advance.
Collins' signing at this Australian Open is quite good. Her two big seeded players in the 1/4 zone failed to get to the heights they deserved. In the previous five games, Collins had only beaten one seeded player, the 19th seed, Mertens. In the quarterfinals, Collins reversed defeating Cone to advance.
However, in this game, Collins met the strongest opponent of the tournament, the No. 7 seed Swatek. Swataker is currently ranked 9th in the world, and as a young 21-year-old, Swatak has now won the French Open women's singles title. However, in this game, facing the calm Collins, Swatak did not play the performance it deserved.
In the first set, Collins was in hot form, breaking twice in the 1st and 3rd innings to take a 4-0 lead early. Although he was broken at the beginning of the 6th set, Swatek's own serve was not saved. The two sides then broke each other's serves, with Collins holding serve in the 10th set to win the first set 6-4. The situation in the second set was almost the same as in the first set, with Collins taking the lead twice to take a 4-0 lead. This time, Collins did not give another chance, 6-1 to win the second set, 2-0 to advance.
After qualifying, Collins still behaved very calmly and did not do any exciting celebration at all. Instead, it was her box, the team members hugged and celebrated, and some people could not hide their excitement and crazy dancing. Collins' opponent in the final will be the world number one Barty, and this game will be the biggest challenge.