Paris Olympics quarterfinals of the women’s singles between the number 1 WTA Iga Swiatek and Danielle Collins ended with the withdrawal of the American tennis player with the score of 6-1 2-6 4-1 for the 2024 champion of Roland Garros.
But it was a high-tension match between the toilet break of the number 1 in the world, a ball to the side of Swiatek thrown by Collins (who nevertheless apologized), then for a medical time out requested this time by Danielle shortly before retiring.
Danielle Collins nearly killed Iga Swiatek 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯pic.twitter.com/XQLuO5GfSu
— Raghav (@raghavv_01) July 31, 2024
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And above all, for what happened at the moment of Collins’ withdrawal and during the handshake. Collins was the one to clarify the contents of the dialogue at the end of the match, in a press conference, in fact claiming that the Polish player behaves in one way in front of the cameras while in the locker room the WTA No.1 behaved in a rather different way.
Danielle Collins to Iga Swiatek during their match at the Olympics:
“There’s like no one behind me. Play at the servers pace.”
Definitely a lot of tension in this match.
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) July 31, 2024
“I told Iga that she shouldn’t be…
