Collins wins Silicon Valley Classic for second successive title

Two
weeks
after
winning
her
maiden
title
in
Palermo,
Collins
claimed
the
Silicon
Valley
Classic
crown
in
San
Jose,
California
by
defeating
Daria
Kasatkina
6-3
6-7
(10-12)
6-1
on
Sunday
(August
8).

It
was
the
10th
successive
match
victory
for
the
American,
who
is
ranked
36th
in
the
world
and
poised
to
move
up
as
the
hard-court
season
intensifies
with
WTA
1000
events
at
Montreal
and
Cincinnati
ahead
of
the
U.S.
Open.

While
it
appeared
for
a
while
that
Collins
would
cruise
to
another
easy
win,
Kasatkina
made
it
a
fight
in
the
73-minute
second
set.

The
Russian
had
prevailed
in
the
two
previous
meetings
between
the
players,
and
she
saved
two
championship
points
down
4-5
in
the
second
and
three
more
in
winning
the
tiebreak.

That
marked
only
the
second
set
Collins
has
dropped
during
her
10-match
run,
the
other
coming
against
Sloane
Stephens
in
the
second
round
earlier
this
week.

Kasatkina’s
momentum
was
short-lived,
however,
as
Collins
broke
her
serve
early
in
the
third
and
never
looked
back.

Before
her
clay-court
title
run
at
Palermo,
Collins
had
been
0-6
in
semi-finals
in
her
career.

????
Back-to-back
titles
????

Danielle
Collins
claims
the
second
title
of
her
career.
Storms
past
Kasatkina
6-3,
6-7(10),
6-1
in
a
roller
coaster
of
a
match!

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—
wta
(@WTA)

August
9,
2021