World number two Angelique Kerber was sensationally bundled out of the Australian Open Sunday by a women playing the event for the first time, as Ashleigh Barty muscled past Maria Sharapova to make the quarter-finals.
On a hot day on Margaret Court Arena, the German Wimbledon champion was left stunned by American Danielle Collins who humiliated her 6-0, 6-2 in under an hour.
Ranked 35 in the world, she is little known on the WTA Tour after playing much of her tennis in the US college system and was making her debut in the main draw at Melbourne Park. She had never won a Grand Slam match before this year.
"I may not have won a Grand Slam match before this but I tell you, it's going to keep happening," said 25-year-old Collins. "I better have many more of these."
"I just go out fearless, just give it my all."
"She was never going to go away. I knew I had to keep chipping away -- in a sense, trust the work we've done. I know that I can match it with the best."
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"And being in the quarter-final and in the second week of a Grand Slam, I'm really enjoying it."
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