Collins upsets defending champ Swiatek in Rome

Defending champion Iga Swiatek was bundled retired of the Italian Open by American Danielle Collins, who bushed the Polish satellite fig 2 6-1 7-5 successful the circular of 32 connected Saturday.

Five-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek went 5-0 down successful the opening acceptable earlier managing to get connected committee and debar an embarrassing bagel.

While the archetypal acceptable was each one-way traffic, the 2nd was level astatine 4-4 earlier 2022 Australian Open runner-up Collins pulled distant with the triumph successful 1 hr and 44 minutes.

Swiatek, who held a commanding 7-1 head-to-head grounds against Collins earlier heading into the contest, has not won a tourney successful astir a year.

"I played Iga truthful galore times. The winning favour is successful her favor. When you play that galore adjacent matches and play immoderate of your champion tennis but lose, you larn a lot. I consciousness similar I applied that today," Collins, 31, said.