Danielle Collins beats Alize Cornet to make Australian Open semi-final

Danielle Collins swept into the last four of the Australian Open on Wednesday to match her feat from 2019 and shatter French veteran Alize Cornet’s dream of making a first Grand Slam semi-final.

Signed, sealed, delivered 📦

Danielle Collins storms into her second #AusOpen semifinal with an emphatic 7-5 6-0 win over Alize Cornet. #AO2022
🎥: @wwos · @espn · #Eurosport · @wowowtennis pic.twitter.com/M3O1cfl3vT

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 26, 2022

The American 27th seed came through an intense clash 7-5, 6-1 in sweltering temperatures on Rod Laver Arena to continue her resurgence after surgery last year.

She will face Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek for a place in the final.

Team Iga rolls on 🇵🇱

The No.7 seed will take on Danielle Collins this Thursday for a place in the Women's Final.@iga_swiatek · #AusOpen · #AO2022 pic.twitter.com/AY0Hs458K3

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 26, 2022

Defeat was bitter-sweet for unseeded Cornet, who was in her first-ever Grand Slam quater-final after 17 years of trying, but was unable to take it a step further.