Australian Open - Danielle Collins destroys Angelique Kerber in gigantic upset

ByEurosport

Updated 20/01/2019 at 06:04 GMT

Danielle Collins produced a staggering Australian Open upset, demolishing number two seed Angelique Kerber 6-0 6-2.

Danielle Collins of the US reacts after a point against Germany's Angelique Kerber

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The American, who had never won a Grand Slam match before this week, took just 55 minutes to see off the 2016 Melbourne champion.

While Kerber was well below her best, Collins played stunning tennis, hitting 29 winners to her opponent's six.

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Her immaculate touch was summed up nicely by a perfectly-weighted drop shot on match point to seal a famous win.

Collins will face either Sloane Stephens or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarter-finals.

"I may not have won a Grand Slam match before this - but I gotta tell ya, I think it's going to keep happening," Collins said on Eurosport.

"I hope to have many more of these."

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