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Collins, the 2022 Australian Open runner-up,
had 39 winners and was 6-for-6 on break points in outdueling
Volynets. Leading 5-4 in the second set, Volynets served for the
match but Collins stymied her, won the tiebreaker and then
dominated the final set.
Collins will face sixth-seeded Wang Xiyu of China on Friday.
Wang sailed to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Darja Semenistaja of
Lativa.
Both U.S. players in action Thursday night lost their
second-round matches. Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova routed
second-seeded Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-2, and Slovakia's Anna
Karolina Schmiedlova overtook Sachia Vickery 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-5.
Cymbiotika San Diego Open
Anna Blinkova of Russia saved five of eight break points while
beating fifth-seeded Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine 7-6 (6), 6-2
to reach the quarterfinals.
Yastremska led 5-2 in the first set before Blinkova rallied to
force a tiebreaker. Blinkova won the final two points to win the
set and sailed through the second for the victory.
No. 7 seed Donna Vekic of Croatia also advanced with a 6-4, 3-6,
6-3 victory over Canada's Marina Stakusic. The 19-year-old
Stakusic had six aces.
Third-seeded Emma Navarro of the United States logged a 6-3,
3-6, 6-1 win over the Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova, and
Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova came from behind to defeat
China's Xinyu Wang 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Pavlyuchenkova needed four
set points to take the second set, then later sealed the victory
on her fourth match point.
--Field Level Media
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