Madison Keys grounds Danielle Rose Collins 6-1 6-2 in the final in Strasbourg on Saturday in what was an all-American match after playing a great match to win her 9th career title, the 1st of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. This is the first time that Madison conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this competition so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Madison Keys vs. Danielle Rose Collins Internationaux de Strasbourg – Strasbourg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:12
At the end of the match, Keys scored 63 points vs. Danielle’s 42.
Keys
Keys won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 38% (6/16) of the procured opportunities.
Collins
On the other side, Danielle wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Keys and Collins is 2-1 for Madison.
This was the 9th career title for Keys. (see list of titles and finals). Danielle remains with 4th titles after she conquered the tournament in Palermo 2021, in San Jose 2021, in Miami 2024 and in Charleston 2024. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Madison was too good to concede barely 1 game before breaking Danielle 3 times and win the set 6-1.
Keys failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 30.
Collins had no answers in the last 7 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Madison converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Collins wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They played 57 points. Keys was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Danielle (35-22). Keys dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). On the other side, Danielle conceded 18 points on serve (14-18).
Keys had a favorable start in this set after breaking Danielle Rose Collins in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Keys to win the set since Collins found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Keys maintained her cool to break Collins in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Keys converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Collins converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 46 points. Madison won 8 more points than Collins (27-19). Keys conceded 9 points on serve (11-9). On the other side, Collins conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
