WTA Rome: Swiatek lost to Collins and fell out of the top 2 in the world rankings

On May 10, local time, the third round of the women's singles competition at the 2025 WTA1000 Rome station began, and the three-time champion and No. 2 seed Swiatek lost 1-6/5-7 to the No. 29 seed Collins, setting the worst record in this station since 2020.

Swiatek

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Last year, Swiatek won three major titles in Madrid, Rome and the French Open, which means she will face huge pressure to keep her points this year. Swiatek has held a 7-1 lead in the previous eight meetings between the two sides, but she is in a worrisome form. Collins broke four times in the first set and won the game in just 24 minutes. After the second set was tied at 5-5, Collins made a crucial break in the 12th game to seal the victory.

After two consecutive WTA1000 tournament defense losses, Swiatek's world ranking will drop out of the top 2 for the first time since March 2022, dropping to No.4, and the "title drought" since last year's French Open continues. In her post-match interview, she said: "It's not easy for me now, of course I made some mistakes and I need to readjust and make some changes. I got some advice from the team and I'll work on it. I feel like I'm not giving my full attention to fight and play, that's what I'm not doing right and I'm focused on my own mistakes. ”

Collins

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It was the first time in Collins' career that he had beaten a top-5 player on clay, ending a six-game losing streak against Swiatek. Next, Collins will battle 16th seed Svitolina for a ticket to the quarterfinals, who defeated qualifier Baptiste 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to advance.

Elsewhere, third seed Pegula lost 5-7, 1-6 to Mertens and fifth seed Keys was beaten 6-2, 2-6, 6-7(3) by Stearns. Sixth seed Paulini defeated Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 6-4, 6-3, 13th seed Schneider beat Christian 6-3, 6-3 and 17th seed Ostapenko received Sigmund's retirement to advance to the next round. Naomi Osaka defeated Bouzkova 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the round of 16 for the second year in a row. In Women's Doubles, China's Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai lost 4-6, 6-1, 7-10 to Zhan Haoqing/Volmers, while Xu Yifan/Makoto Ninomiya lost 3-6, 2-6 to Fernandes/Putintseva.

(Text and editor: Dato)