​The match between Maria Sakkari (the fifth favorite) and Danill Collins was tense, both players quarreled after the athlete from Greece sent the ball into the stands.

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Court battle between Maria Sakkari and Danielle Collins at WTA Montreal

With the score 6-4 and 2-1 in favor of Collins, Maria hit the ball into the stands. That was the spark that ignited a contentious debate between the two players.

Collins asked the chief justice if she saw what happened. The American hoped that her opponent would receive a warning.

“I didn’t even hit anybody, it was on the field,” Sakkari replied. After hearing the words of the athlete from Greece, Collins told Maria: “Shut up, shut up!”

The conflict continued, and Sakkari replied to her opponent: “What is your problem?”

“You hit the ball into the stands, Maria. It was to hit someone,” the American woman added, and the Greek woman’s answer did not take long: “I didn’t hit anyone, what’s the problem?”

Collins, who is ranked 48th in the world, won 6-4, 6-2 at the end of the match, which lasted an hour and 27 minutes.

Danielle Collins reached the 1/8 finals of the WTA 1000 tournament, where she will meet Leila Fernandez.

WTA Montreal, schedule of matches of the 1/8 finals

Iga Svyatek (1) vs Karolina Muhova (14)

Leila Fernandez vs. Danielle Collins

Jessica Pegula (4) vs Jasmine Paolini

Marketa Vondrousova (9) vs. Coco Gauf (6)

Mari Buzkova vs Darya Kasatkina (10)

Sloan Stevens vs. Elena Rybakina (3)

Petra Kvitova (7) against Belinda Bencic (12)

Lyudmila Samsonova (15) vs Arina Sabalenko (2)

The “Omnium Banque Nationale” will take place this year in Montreal from August 7 to 13, is part of the WTA 1000 category and offers a prize pool of $2,788,468. The title champion in singles is Simona Halep (2022), and the Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula won in doubles.