Danielle Rose Collins upsets Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Miami on Thursday after playing a great match to deal with Elena Rybakina in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the semifinal in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Collins added to her prize money $ 260,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 585,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Danielle will add $ 515,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,100,000 in total.
Highlights Danielle Rose Collins vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Miami Open – Miami
Collins’s Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSgdvRWyg3w
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:15
At the end of the match, Danielle scored 61 points vs. Ekaterina’s 38.
Collins
The American served pretty well to win 79% of the points (19/24) behind her first serve, and she won 74% points (17/23) on her second serve. The American won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Alexandrova
On the other side, Ekaterina was struggling when converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Collins and Alexandrova is 1-0 for Danielle.
Draw and next match H2H: Danielle Rose Collins vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Collins will come up against Rybakina in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Danielle Rose Collins and Elena Rybakina fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Rybakina won 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Abu Dhabi back in February 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Collins conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Danielle broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to win the set 6-3.
Danielle wasted a good opportunity to break Alexandrova in the 8th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
An important stage of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 1-2 to 5-2.
Collins converted 18% of her break points (2/11). She had 11 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (5-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Ekaterina converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 63 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than the Russian (39-24). Danielle surrendered 7 points on serve (20-7). On the other side, the Russian conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).
Collins came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2nd game (2-0). That was decisive for the American to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Danielle didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 36 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Ekaterina (22-14). Collins was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, the Russian conceded 6 points on serve (10-6).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 0-6 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-3) – H2H details and stats
