ROME — Iga Świątek’s struggles continue, at one of the last places anyone in tennis would have expected. Świątek, a master of clay-court tennis and defending champion at the Italian Open, lost to American Danielle Collins in the third round,

American Danielle Collins ends Iga Swiatek's defence of her Italian Open title with a 6-1 7-5 victory in the third round.

(Reuters) -Defending champion Iga Swiatek was bundled out of the Italian Open by American Danielle Collins, who beat the Polish world number two 6-1 7-5 in the round of 32 on Saturday. Five-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek went 5-0 down in the opening set before managing to get on board and avoid an embarrassing bagel.

On Saturday, Iga Swiatek and Danielle Collins faced off in the third round of the Italian Open (Internazionali BNL d'Italia). The 29-seed Collins upset the two-seed Swiatek in a straight sets victory: 6-1, 7-5.

In the quarter-finals Stearns will face one of Danielle Collins, who knocked out reigning champion Iga Swiatek, or Elina Svitolina after coming through

Defending champion Iga Swiatek was bundled out of the Italian Open by American Danielle Collins, who beat the Polish world number two 6-1 7-5 in the round of 32 on Saturday.

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Iga Swiatek offered her immediate reaction to losing in the Italian Open and briefly discussed Roland Garros. Iga Swiatek's clay court season went from bad to worse on Saturday afternoon in Rome. Swiatek lost in straight sets to her rival Danielle Collins in the third round of the Italian Open (Internazionali BNL d'Italia).