Danielle Collins ended her match by winning nine straight games to down Japan’s Naomi Osaka 7–5, 6–0 in the first round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open on Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates.
It was a rematch of a 2022 U.S. Open meeting between Collins, who is retiring at season’s end, and Osaka, who was given a wild card into Abu Dhabi as she returns from the birth of her child. Collins saved all six break points she faced and won 30 of her 35 first-service points (85.7 percent), while Osaka had a 7–5 edge in aces.
