Danielle Collins is a big fan of Barty's game, but she is confident she can come up with the tactics to spring an upset against the world number one in the Australian Open women's final.
Danielle Collins says practice sessions with a ball machine when she was a child may help her devise the tactics she hopes will deny Ash Barty an Australian Open title.Barty has won three of their four previous matches, Collins was equally impressive in eliminating seventh seed Iga Świątek of Poland, 6-4, 6-1.Barty is chasing her third major, while she is also bidding to become the first local to win the Australian Open women's title in 44 years.
She is not intimidated by Barty's approach, as she believed practicing on public courts in Florida as a child and during her professional career would help her combat the world number one's strategy. "I try to play with people that throw different shots at me that maybe I don't get all the time, just so that I'm constantly working on it and trying to get better at it.
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