Eight is nice for Danielle Collins: the American booked a spot in her eighth quarterfinal of the season with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Elise Mertens on Thursday on the Chicago Fall Tennis Traditional.
Seeded No. 10, Collins received seven straight video games from 2-1 down within the first set en path to beating Mertens, seeded No. 7, for the primary time of their careers, having first met at Wimbledon three years in the past.
Regardless of being the primary participant to lose serve within the third recreation of the match, Collins finally broke Mertens seven instances in victory: the Belgian struggled on serve general, significantly within the opener. She racked up seven of her 10 double faults within the first set, the place she landed simply 45% of her first serves, however battled admirably within the second set after receiving a medical timeout early on.
“It has been powerful situations with the wind. I am simply making an attempt to do my greatest,” Collins mentioned on-court after the match. “I feel each of our serves weren’t at our greatest, however she was nonetheless hitting it fairly huge. I had a little bit of strain there, however fortunately, I used to be capable of pull by.”
Additionally by to the final eight early on Thursday had been No.5 seed Elena Rybakina and No.6 seed Ons Jabeur, who ousted Veronika Kudermetova and Jessica Pegula, respectively.
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