Danielle Collins was completely delighted at seeing that she turned the oldest participant since Serena Williams to win 15 consecutive matches on the WTA Tour- stage matches as Collins jokingly referred to as herself “a granny” and added who would have thought that she would be capable of pull off such a feat at this stage of her profession.
Collins, who turned 30 in December, received seven matches on the Miami Open in late March to win her first WTA 1000 title.
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After Collins received a hard-court match in Miami, the expectation was that she would definitely skip Charleston – a clay match that was beginning simply after Miami – however the American determined towards doing so. Nevertheless, switching surfaces was no drawback for Collins, who received six extra matches in Charleston to win back-to-back titles for the primary time in her profession and enhance to 13 consecutive wins.
After taking a while to relaxation, Collins returned to motion on the ongoing Madrid Open, the place she defeated Olga Danilovic and Jaqueline Cristian to get to fifteen consecutive wins earlier than dropping to Aryna Sabalenka within the Madrid third spherical.
In 2015, when Williams was 33, she received back-to-back titles on the French Open and Wimbledon. Throughout that interval, Williams was at one level at 15 consecutive wins.
Collins reacts to changing into the oldest since Williams to win 15 consecutive matches
On her Instagram Story, Collins shared a submit celebrating her milestone and wrote: “Who would of thought a granny like me might win 15 matches.”
Additionally, Collins added two hashtags celebrating her milestone.
After successful Charleston and enhancing to 13 consecutive wins, even Collins gave the impression to be a bit shocked about successful a WTA 1000 and a WTA 500 match in such a short while.
“I had loads of matches in Miami, and I had loads of matches right here. I had, at one level on this match, two matches in someday, which isn’t straightforward to tug off. I do not know if I’ve performed that earlier than as knowledgeable. I really feel just like the final time I did that was like in 12-and-unders,” Collins mentioned after successful Charleston.
“So to have the ability to bodily battle and push myself to a brand new restrict provides me loads of confidence. I have been so pleased to be, clearly, enjoying on the stage that I have been enjoying, however to have the ability to again it up two weeks in a row has simply been implausible.”
