Kvitova went on to claim victory 7-6,6-0 and reach her first major final since taking a hiatus from the sport after suffering stab wounds when she was the victim of a home invasion in late 2016.
The closed roof on centre court resulted in sharply different conditions for the rest of the match as well as the second semi-final between Naomi Osaka and Karolina Pliskova.
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"Yeah,it is what it is. That's what they do,"said 25-year-old Collins.
"I think that no matter what the situation is,if it's really hot,if it's - you know,they need to start the match the way it's gonna finish.
"I think they do that in football,and I think it certainly changed a little bit of the rhythm in the match.
"But again,it is what it is,and that's the decision they made,and she[Kvitova] played really great tennis. I think that should probably be the focus of the conversation."