On March 28, Beijing time, in the third women's singles 1/4 final of the 2024WTA1000 Miami station, Collins played against Garcia, and in the end, Collins won all 4 matches against Garcia with a straight score of 2-0 in straight sets, and reached the semi-finals of this station again after 6 years, and also became the third player to advance to the semi-finals of this station! Garcia regrets going home.
Not seeded, Collins is also a homegrown star, having maintained her momentum by beating 19th seed Kostya 6-3 6-2 in the last round to reach the quarter-finals for the third time in her career. Garcia is the No. 23 seed in the tournament and she was just as strong as she beat No.3 seed Gauff in the last round. According to statistics, the two have met three times before, and Collins has won all of them and won them in straight sets. Garcia is expected to further his best record of the tournament as Collins aims to reach the semi-finals for the second time.
In the first set, both men held serve in the first eight games, and Collins led 4-3. In the eighth game, Collins took the lead to complete the break and lead 5-3. In the 9th game, Collins cashed in on serve to win the set again, taking a 6-3 lead and leading Garcia 1-0.
In the second set, Collins broke serve 2-1 in the third game, and then held serve 3-1. In the 7th game, Garcia's serve was lost again, Collins 5-2, and in the 8th game, Collins didn't give any chance, and the love game held serve to win the game, winning another set 6-2, and swept Garcia 2-0.
In this way, 3 places have been released for the semi-finals, and there is 1 suspense left, which will be generated between Alexandrova and Pegula.