The echoes of Danielle Collins' scandalous behavior towards Iga Świątek continue to be heard. The media circulated a recording of the 31-year-old reluctantly shaking hands with a Polish woman during the wedding final United Cup, which the United States ultimately won.
Danielle Collins' outrageous behavior
Just ignoring Iga is one thing, but what Danielle Collins did later on Social Media is something completely different. The American set her avatar to a shot from this “famous” recording, then posted the screenshot on the story and wrote: “I don't know if you noticed, but… new year, old me“.
“Sports Illustrated” described this situation as: “Tennis drama: Danielle Collins doesn't like Iga Świątek” – this is the title of the publication. Below, the journalists stated that the American “no longer hides her contempt” for the Polish woman. The relationship between the two players was not the warmest, and their conflict dates back to, among others, Olympic Games. – Iga Świątek doesn't have to be dishonest about my injury. I don't need lies, the 31-year-old said at the time. There was a reaction from the resident of Raszyn, who emphasized that “she had not done anything unpleasant towards her.”
The reaction of the two-time Grand Slam champion
Svetlana Kuznetsova – a two-time winner of Grand Slam tournaments – spoke on this matter (US Open 2004 and French Open 2009), finalist of the French Open 2006 and US Open 2007 and former second racket in the world.
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“WTA he has his own Nick Kyrios. Danielle Collins was not very polite to Iga Świątek earlier, and after the doping scandal she stopped being polite at all,” wrote Kuznetsova on the Telegram channel, quoted by Russian championat.com.
Collins' behavior did not go down well with fans
The behavior of the American tennis player was also disliked by the Twitter community. Even fans started comparing Danielle Collins to the Australian. “She is exactly like Kyrgios, what a bitter player”, “Another attic, like little Nick. It's best to ignore it, because you are feeding the troll” – we read.
“A 31-year-old behaving like a spoiled 17-year-old who bullies other children at school”, “An adult woman having a one-sided conflict with Iga, who thinks that makes her cool”, “I didn't expect anything else from her. Supposedly so brave, and disabled the ability to comment on posts” – these are just some of the comments I am talking about we mentioned on Sport.pl.