Ashleigh Barty and Danielle Collins Will Meet in Australian Open Final

Ashleigh Barty of Australia will play Danielle Collins in the women’s singles final.Credit...Mark Metcalfe/Getty ImagesMELBOURNE, Australia — It is all about choices, this game of tennis and this game of life.

Down-the-line or crosscourt? Rip or chip? Stay home or hit the road in search of points and glory?

The coronavirus pandemic that disrupted old patterns and created new problems has made some of the choices more complicated, but Ashleigh Barty is on a hot streak, as anyone who has played her in this Australian Open can confirm.

Madison Keys was the latest to swing away and come up short as Barty kept delivering pitches and tactical shifts that Keys could not handle. Barty won the first…