American Danielle Collins confirmed herself as invincible against the Frenchwoman Caroline Garciawho won 6-3 and 6-2 to qualify for the semifinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Miami, where the best match between the Russian awaits. Ekaterina Alexandrova and his fellow Americans Jessica Pegula.
Collins had won the previous three against Garcia without dropping a set and needed almost an hour and a quarter to knock the Frenchwoman out of the quarterfinals.
The American player equaled his best score on hard court in Miami, where he played in the semifinal in 2018, when he lost against the Latvian. Jelena Ostapenko.
World number 53, Collins is the sixth lowest-ranked player capable of reaching the semifinals in Miami. At 30 years old, he announced a few weeks ago that the current season will be his last, exhausted by injuries and physical problems.
Garcia, number 27 in the ranking, said goodbye to the tournament after eliminating the American Coco Gauff in the previous round.
In the semifinals, Collins will face the best match between the Russians Ekaterina Alexandrovanumber 16, and his fellow Americans Jessica Pegulanumber five
Another semifinal will be played, this Thursday, by Kazakh Elena Rybakina and the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka.
Source: La Verdad
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