Wednesday started off well for the Stars and Stripes at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, with last year’s runner-up Danielle Collins and No. 2 seed Emma Navarro picking up wins for the United States.<\/p>\n
Strasbourg:\u00a0Draws<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0<\/strong>Scores<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>|<\/strong>\u00a0Order of play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Collins, who finished second to Madison Keys here last year, overcame Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 in a back-and-forth clash between former Top 10 players.<\/p>\n Surprisingly, it was the first meeting between the two notable names, and it was 2022 Australian Open finalist Collins who came out on top over 2021 US Open champion Raducanu. Collins took 2 hours and 20 minutes to pull off the comeback.<\/p>\n Down a set, Collins rallies to beat Raducanu in Strasbourg<\/p>\n In Wednesday’s match, Raducanu found some of her best deliveries down break point to get through the first set without losing serve. The Brit closed out the first set with back-to-back aces.<\/p>\n But Collins rebounded in the second set, winning a sterling 93 percent of points behind her first serve. Raducanu also received an off-court medical time-out at the tail end of that set.<\/p>\n The final set saw Collins crucially save four break points in a tough hold for 2-2, then she used that momentum to notch the first break of the set and lead 3-2.<\/p>\n Collins won three of the next four games to close out the win and boost her Strasbourg career record to 6-2. Collins is into her second quarterfinal of the season — her first also came on the dirt, on the green clay of Charleston in April.<\/p>\n