World No. 9 Danielle Collins has postponed her plan to retire from tennis at the end of the 2024 season, and will play on the WTA Tour in 2025.
Collins, 30, has taken advice on her “personal fertility journey” since her last match, which was a defeat to Australian qualifier Olivia Gadecki at the Guadalajara Open in Mexico. The American, who planned her retirement around starting a family while managing her endometriosis, which can impact fertility, said in a statement posted on Instagram: “I’ve recently been seeing a handful of specialists to better understand what my best path forward is to achieve my ultimate dream, starting a family.
“Dealing with endometriosis and fertility is a massive challenge for many women and something that I am actively traversing, but I am fully confident in the team I am working with. It is just going to take longer than I thought.
“So, the DANIMAL story has not reached its conclusion. I will be back on tour in 2025,” she said.
After reaching the quarterfinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she retired with an abdominal injury against world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, Collins lost four consecutive matches in her comeback. After a surprise reverse to compatriot Caroline Dolehide at the U.S. Open, Collins said in a news conference that her…
