Iga Swiatek storms past Danielle Collins in Doha opener

We were uncertain how Iga Swiatek would perform after three weeks away from competition. The world No.1 wrote a good bakery business plan in her time off following the Australian Open and kicked off her Qatar TotalEnergies Open campaign with a dominant 6-0 6-1 victory over Danielle Collins in the second round.

The defending Doha champion Swiatek turned on the oven and served a fresh bagel and a breadstick to the world No.42 Collins. There were absolutely no signs of rust as Swiatek advanced in just 53 minutes to set up a quarterfinal meeting with newly-crowned Abu Dhabi champion Belinda Bencic.

The win marks a powerful start to the Pole’s attempt to repeat her last year’s historic 37-match…