‘Annoyed’ Danielle Collins makes unusual request during Maria Sakkari match (WATCH)
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Danielle Collins asked the cameraman personally to back up a little during her Guadalajara round-of-16 match versus Maria Sakkari. During a changeover, Collins approached the chair umpire and asked if it was possible to have the cameraman back up a little bit.
Moments later, Collins personally asked the cameraman to give her a bit more space. “Can you back up, please, Thank you,” Collins then asked the cameraman personally.
Lol 💀💀💀 pic.twitter.com/YDmD8oAQos — DenizTheTennis (@denizthetenis) October 21, 2022
Later, Collins made the same request to the cameraman.
Pls she attacked again 💀💀💀 https://t.co/Hp97daCEST pic.twitter.com/Vb1zgZry5t — DenizTheTennis (@denizthetenis) October 21, 2022
Collins beaten and out of the WTA Finals contention
Collins, the 2022 Australian Open runner-up, suffered a 5-7 6-3 6-3 loss to Sakkari in Guadalajara.
With that loss, Collins was eliminated from the WTA Finals contention. After the match, Sakkari showed class and was full of praise for Collins’ tennis. “Yes, it was a very close match obviously. Danielle, she’s a player that she’s very aggressive.
She really likes to hit the ball hard. So I struggled a lot with her rhythm. Once I found my game style in the match, it was a lot easier for me. But overall I didn’t expect anything easy from her because she’s an amazing player.
Like, she has only played like 11 tournaments and she’s almost top 10. It shows how good she is,” Sakkari said after beating Collins. Sakkari was twice up by a break in the first set but still managed to lose the opener.
However, she was able to bounce back and create a big comeback over Collins. “I think that the first set was good up until when I got broken serving for the set. Just got a little bit loose. She overtook me. I think I just kept the same tennis, kept the same mindset.
Just fought hard. It was always going to be hard. Like, you don’t get a lot of rhythm with her game. As I said, she hits extremely hard. You have to be…
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Source : tennisworldusa
