World No. 1 Iga Swiatek takes on Danielle Collins within the quarterfinals of the Canadian Open, a WTA 1000 Masters occasion, in Montreal on Friday.
The conflict is scheduled to be the third match on Court Central on the fifth day of this yr’s version.
When and the place to observe?
The Canadian Open quarterfinal conflict between Iga Swiatek and Danielle Collins shall be reside streamed on WTA TV from 12:45AM IST on August 12.
Top seed Swiatek comes into the last-eight conflict after a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win over 14th seed Karolina Muchova in a rain interrupted spherical of 16 match. The Pole, who had obtained a bye within the opening spherical, earlier beat Karolina Pliskova 7-6(8), 6-2 within the second spherical.
On the opposite hand, USA’s Collins needed to undergo qualifiers to make it to the principle draw. However, former Australian Open runner-up Collins has registered complete victories in her final three matches – 6-2, 6-2 in opposition to Elina Svitolina, 6-4, 6-2 in opposition to Maria Sakkari and 6-2, 6-3 in opposition to Leylah Fernandez.
While Collins is trying to attain the semifinals of a Masters occasion for less than the second time in her profession, Swiatek might turn into the primary participant since Pliskova (2018-19) to win 50+ matches in consecutive seasons by beating the American.
Head-to-head report
Played: 3 |Swiatek: 2 | Collins: 1
Swiatek and Collins have confronted one another thrice. Their first assembly came about within the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 occasion in Adelaide in 2021 the place Collins was pressured to retire whereas trailing 2-6, 0-3.
In their subsequent match, Collins overpowered Swiatek, profitable final yr’s Australian Open semifinal 6-4, 6-1.
Their most up-to-date assembly occurred within the spherical of 16 in Doha earlier this season the place Swiatek triumphed 6-0, 6-1.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com