Barty beat Collins 2-0 to win the Australian Open women's singles title for the first time

On the evening of January 29, Beijing time, in the women's singles final of the 2022 Australian Open, the No. 1 seed of the women's singles and host Barty defeated the No. 27 seed and American player Collins 6-3, 7-6 (2) to lift the Australian Open women's singles championship trophy for the first time.

Barty has previously won the women's singles titles at the 2019 French Open and 2021 Wimbledon, but her best result at the Australian Open at home was the 2020 Semifinals. At this year's Australian Open, she did not meet too many strong players on the way to the final, and she successfully reached the final. Her opponent Collins in the final, the best record in the previous Grand Slam singles was the australian open final four. Therefore, whoever eventually lifts the championship trophy will be born a new Australian Open women's singles champion.

In the first set, Barty, who took the lead, broke in the sixth set to take advantage of the first set 6-3. In the second set, Collins broke twice in the second and sixth sets, leading 5-1 at one point. But then Barty won four straight sets to stubbornly equalize. The two then kept their own serves, and the match was brought into the seventh set. In the seventh inning, Barty continued to be in good shape, winning the set 7-2 to win the whole game 2-0. She thus became the second active female player to win three different Grand Slam singles titles, in addition to Serena Williams, the holder of the 23 Grand Slam singles titles. She also became the first Australian player to lift a women's singles trophy at the Australian Open since 1978.

After the game, Barty praised Collins' performance, saying: "For you, the last two weeks have been outstanding and I know you will have more chances to compete for the title in the future. ”