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Iga Swiatek survived a major scare to defeat Danielle Collins and reach the third round of the Australian Open, with the American announcing she would be retiring at the end of the season.
MELBOURNE : World number one Iga Swiatek battled back from two breaks down in the final set to beat Danielle Collins 6-4 3-6 6-4 on Thursday and reach the third round of the Australian Open for the fifth successive year.
MELBOURNE : Novak Djokovic begins his Australian Open title defence against qualifier Dino Prizmic when the expanded Grand Slam kicks off on Sunday with few betting against him adding a record-extending 11th crown to his trophy cabinet in just over two weeks' time.
SYDNEY : One of Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff look most likely to add to their Grand Slam collection at this year's Australian Open but a clutch of returning champion mums spearheaded by Naomi Osaka could make things interesting.
Iga Swiatek said losing the world number one ranking felt like a weight was lifted off her shoulders and the 22-year-old plans to focus on improving her game and not merely chasing points during the home stretch of the season.
Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin and fellow American Danielle Collins advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA San Diego Open with straight-set triumphs on Thursday. Kenin, who captured her first Grand Slam title in 2020 at Melbourne, dispatched 27th-ranked Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-3. Potapova made 15 double faults and landed only 46.4% of her first serves to fall in 78 minutes.
NEW YORK : An exhausted Iga Swiatek said she would try to "embrace" the pressure a bit more after losing to Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Sunday, a defeat which sees her 75-week run as world number one come to an end.
Iga Swiatek has carried the torch as world number one with unmatched consistency on the women's tour for more than a year but the drained defending U.S. Open champion faces a major threat to her position with Aryna Sabalenka poised to pounce.