Danielle Collins was absolutely delighted at seeing that she became the oldest player since Serena Williams to win 15 consecutive matches on the WTA Tour- level matches as Collins jokingly called herself “a granny” and added who would have thought that she would be able to pull off such a feat at this stage of her career.
Collins, who turned 30 in December, won seven matches at the Miami Open in late March to win her first WTA 1000 title.
After Collins won a hard-court tournament in Miami, the expectation was that she would certainly skip Charleston – a clay tournament that was starting just after Miami – but the American decided against doing so. However, switching surfaces was no problem for Collins, who won six additional matches in Charleston to win back-to-back titles for the first time in her career and improve to 13 consecutive wins.
After taking some time to rest, Collins returned to action at the ongoing Madrid Open, where she defeated Olga Danilovic and Jaqueline Cristian to get to 15 consecutive wins before losing to Aryna Sabalenka in the Madrid third round.
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