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Collins, a 28-year-old Florida native, reached her first Grand
Slam final in January, when she fell to Ashleigh Barty for the
Australian Open title. She made early exits at the French Open
and Wimbledon before reaching the fourth round at the U.S. Open.
On Monday, Collins overcame a rocky serving performance that saw
her put just 48 percent of her first serves in play while
logging more double faults (seven) than aces (five). Her next
opponent will be Italy's Martina Trevisan, who defeated
Colombia's Camila Osorio 6-3, 6-4.
Three other U.S. players won first-round matches: Madison Keys,
Coco Vandeweghe and qualifier Louisa Chirico. Canada's Bianca
Andreescu topped Russian lucky loser Liudmila Samsonova 7-6 (1),
4-6, 6-2 in the last match of the night.
Transylvania Open
Germany's Jule Niemeier and Italy's Jasmine Paolini posted upset
wins in the first round at Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Niemeier got past third-seeded Ana Bogdan of Romania 7-6 (5),
6-2, and Paolini knocked out sixth-seeded Marta Kostyuk of
Ukraine 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Niemeier had eight double faults to Bogdan's one, but she came
through in key moments, converting five of her seven break
points. Paolini fell behind by two service breaks in the third
set but won five of the last six games to pull away.
Also advancing to the second round were eighth-seeded Anna
Bondar of Hungary, Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine, Anna Blinkova
of Russia and Ysaline Bonaventure of Belgium.
--Field Level Media
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