Danielle Collins continues with her intention to say goodbye to tennis in style after announcing her retirement at the end of this season and this Wednesday she took another step towards another new prestigious title after qualifying for the semifinals of the WTA 1,000 in Rome.
Collins, 30 years old and who since announcing her retirement has won the WTA 1,000 in Miami and the Charleston tournament, beat the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-4 and 6-3 in one hour and 44 minutes of play. A match in which Collins was very offensive both on serve and on the rest and had 15 breaking balls of which she took advantage of five to cement her victory against Azarenka who was hampered by her nine double faults and her low percentages with the second service.
With her victory, Collins avoided a Belarusian duel in the semifinals of the WTA 1,000 in Rome, where the American will now face the number two in the world, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who more easily beat the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 6-2 and 6-4 in one hour and 12 minutes in a match in which the Belarusian did not concede a single break option to the Latvian.
Collins and Sabalenka will meet again two weeks after their round of 16 match at the Mutua Madrid Open, where Sabalenka won after coming back from a set down, and in Rome they will have a match where Collins will seek victory to continue his fantastic 2024 season in the year of his retirement as a professional.
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2024-05-16 05:53:37
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