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Collins, a 30-year-old Floridian who is
retiring at the end of the season, captured the Miami Open
championship last week.
Next up for Collins will be a match against 11th-seeded Elise
Mertens of Belgium, who got past seventh-seeded Elina Svitolina
of Ukraine 6-4, 6-1. Earlier Thursday, Mertens defeated France's
Varvara Gracheva 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
The United States' Jessica Pegula cruised into the quarterfinals
with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Poland's Magda Linette.
In other third-round action, Belarus' Victoria Azarenka, the
12th seed, rallied past the United States' Taylor Townsend 6-7
(5), 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarters. Third-seeded Maria Sakkari
of Greece downed Australia's Astra Sharma 6-4, 6-1, and
fourth-seeded Daria Kasatkina of Russia eliminated 15th-seeded
Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine 6-1, 6-4.
Ninth-seeded Veronika Kudermetova of Russia toppled fifth-seeded
Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 7-5, 6-1, and Romania's Jaqueline
Cristian beat 10th-seeded Emma Navarro of the United States 6-3,
5-7, 6-1.
Stephens won her second-round match earlier Thursday, defeating
14th-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada 6-4, 6-4.
Copa Colsanitas
Home-country favorite Camila Osorio, the sixth seed, moved into
the quarterfinals at Bogota, Colombia, with a 7-6 (4), 6-4
victory over Romania's Anca Alexia Todoni.
Osorio overcame eight double faults in part by winning 45
percent of her return points. Todoni put just 48 percent of her
first serves in play.
Second-seeded Tatjana Maria of Germany had to wait out a lengthy
delay caused by a power failure to overtake Argentina's Julia
Riera 2-6, 6-0, 6-2.
Top-seeded Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic defeated the
United States' Hailey Baptiste 6-3, 6-4, and seventh-seeded
Laura Siegemund of Germany came from behind to top Great
Britain's Francesca Jones 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2.
--Field Level Media
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