By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday August 8, 2021

Make it ten on the trot for American Danielle Collins.

The 27-year-old American is playing the best tennis of her career, and has now racked up two consecutive titles at Palermo and San Jose—the first two titles of her career.



On Sunday Collins found her way past 25-year-old Russian Daria Kasatkina, 6-3, 6-7(10), 6-1 at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic in two hours and 18 minutes to stretch her career-best winning streak to ten matches.

It was a tense, seesaw battle that saw Collins fail to convert five championship points against Kasatkina in the second set. The Russian saved a pair of championship points while serving at 3-5, 15-40, and another three in a wild second-set tiebreaker, which Kasatkina won 12-10.

That could have been a signal that Collins magic had run out. It was just the second set she had lost since beginning her winning streak at Palermo in July, but the American dug down deep to dominate the third set, taking it in just 24 minutes, and winning eight of the final nine points.

Collins finished with an impressive 54 winners against 31 unforced errors; Kasatkina, who fought valiantly, delivered just 7 winners against 19 unforced.

Collins, who had never even reached a WTA final before beginning her streak, will rise to No.28 in the WTA ranking, just five spots shy of her career-best.