Danielle Collins (29, 11 WTA) reached the third round of the Australian Open, defeating Karolina Mukhova (26, 113 WTA), 6-7 (1), 6-2, 7-6 (6). The match offered a moment rarely seen.

Both players went to a tiebreak in the deciding set, in which the American dominated significantly. Danielle Collins took a 6-3 lead and won the next point before dropping her racket on the court and raising her arms in victory.

Danielle Collins came to the net to shake her opponent’s hand, but the referee announced that the match was not over! Probably, the American forgot that at the Grand Slam tournaments, the tie-break in the decisive set is not played until 7, as it was before, but until 10.

“Daniel, 10 points. It’s a tiebreaker to 10 points,” the referee told her, but Danielle Collins still didn’t understand, “How? What?”. “It’s going to be 10, Danielle,” said the head judge again. After a few seconds of looking at the referee, Danielle Collins realized the mistake and smiled.

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