Danielle Rose Collins prevails over Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Charleston on Saturday. Collins will clash against Daria Kasatkina in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Collins added to her prize money $ 43,379 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 87,665 after this win. If she wins the next match, Danielle will add $ 54,335 to her earnings to get in total $ 142,000 in total.
Highlights Danielle Rose Collins vs. Maria Sakkari Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Collins’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:25
At the end of the match, Danielle scored 64 points vs. the Greek’s 47.
Collins
Danielle served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (24/31) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (14/25) on her second serve. The American was pretty good at converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7).
Sakkari
On the other side, Maria was struggling when converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Collins and Sakkari is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Danielle Rose Collins vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats
Collins will face Kasatkina in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Danielle Rose Collins and Daria Kasatkina fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Collins won 6-3 6-710 6-1 in the final in San Jose back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Collins had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Danielle to win the set as Sakkari found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. The American kept her cool to break Sakkari in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Sakkari was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Danielle converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Greek was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-3 0-40).
They played 55 points. The American conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Sakkari (33-22). Collins dropped 7 points on serve (16-7). on the other side of the net, Maria conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
Collins started the set in the best possible way after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0). That was sufficient for Danielle to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Danielle was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Maria was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 56 points. Collins was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Maria (31-25). The American dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the court, the Greek conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-3 6-3)
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 4-6 7-65)
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Yunseong ChungChung (7-5 6-3)
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Joris De LooreDe Loore (6-1 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (2-1) – H2H details and stats
