Danielle Collins’ disappointing season continued on Wednesday night as she suffered a fourth consecutive defeat, this time to a 152nd-ranked qualifier at the Guadalajara Open. Australia’s Olivia Gadecki, who has been in impressive form at the WTA 500 event, defeated the No. 2 seed 6-3, 6-3.
Gadecki, 22, dropped serve just once and broke Collins four times throughout the match. The American, who is playing her final season on tour, missed a valuable opportunity to move up the leaderboard in the race to the WTA Finals. She currently sits in eighth place, but is on the outside looking in as Barbora Krejcikova, ranked two places behind, earns an automatic spot as a 2024 Grand Slam champion to the eight-competitor field if she finishes inside the Top 20.
In other action at the Guadalajara Open, Camila Osorio pulled off a tremendous comeback to oust seventh-seeded Veronika Kudermetova 7-6 (5), 6-7 (2), 7-5 in a marathon three-hour and 21-minute match. Osorio, who was down 0-5 in the deciding set, stormed back to secure the victory.
Kamilla Rakhimova also advanced to the quarterfinals after Victoria Azarenka retired from their encounter with a shoulder injury. Rakhimova was leading 6-2, 3-0 at the time of the retirement.
