Danielle Collins outburst spoke volumes before U.S. Open heartache

Danielle Collins Outburst spoke volumes before US Open heartache Danielle Collins is retiring from tennis at the end of the year but was beaten in the first round of the US Open after targeting a dream farewell Danielle Collins is on a farewell tour but you'd never know it by the way she has been playing the US star is heading for retirement after announcing at the Australian Open this would be her last year in professional tennis since then Collins has experienced something of a Renaissance the 30 year-old has claimed two WTA tour titles this year and arrived at the US Open the number 11 seed with High Hopes while she had never been beyond the fourth round of her home Grand Slam there was a sense this was a real opportunity for a dream farewell that's was plann but top level tennis is never that straightforward as she discovered in brutal fashion American Teenager 16 inspired by Novak jokovic earns $140,000 for us open Win Ben Shelton response to new US Open reality speaks volumes about new star in a thrilling second set of her opening round match against fellow American Caroline dohy there were two moments from Collins that indicated she knew what is at stake having taken the first set 6 to one Collins had to fight hard in the second set she went two to zero down then broke back then faced a wave of break points in the fourth game of the set on one occasion she respond responded to break point with an ace she responded by letting out a scream of Celebration and relief a rare Outburst of emotion on a hot afternoon where until that point she had exuded a Steely Focus but when she missed the chance to break Dole hide later in the set missing an overhead shot she'd expect to make and missing the chance to serve for the set her frustration got the better of her she initially tossed her racket to the ground in disgust before smashing it off the court in an outburst of anger if eventually dohy took the set 7 to5 to take it to a decider putting colins's plan for a fairy tale goodbye at serious risk eventually dohy took the final set to ruin Collins final US Open she left the court without accepting flowers to Mark her retirement and headed straight for a press conference the draw had been kind placing her on a side which avoided many big hitters but her last chance to achieve a dream Grand Slam farewell at home before her impending retirement turned sour Collins had to battle injury issues to make it to Flushing Meadows she was forced to retire injured during the Olympic Games pulling out of warm-up tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati before making her comeback on Louis Armstrong Court posting an update a few weeks before the tournament she explained little update for all who have been reaching out and checking in on me since my injury at the Olympics after having a heat stroke in Paris I strained my rectus abdominus I had a similar injury to this area almost four years ago that kept me from competing for over 4 months obviously I don't want to have a repeat of that as I am approaching the end of my career it has been important to try and rest and recover so that this can heal as quickly as possible Babas news

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