The quarterfinal match of the women’s singles at Paris Olympics between Danielle Collins and Iga Swiatek on the court ended with the withdrawal of the American tennis player with the score of 6-1 2-6 4-1 in favor of the French Open champion, but it was a high-tension match among the toilet break of the Polish, a ball thrown to the side of Swiatek by the American – who however immediately apologized – then for a medical time out requested this time by Danielle shortly before retiring. And above all for what happened at the moment of Collins’ withdrawal and during the handshake, resulting in poisonous words between the two.
Four months after the Parisian issue, Collins came back to talk about what happened in an interview with The Atlantic. Speaking in depth about Swiatek, the American said that the Polish rival is someone she sees a lot in tennis and is very private with her group. Collins added that we all make mistakes and fail, and that she is just trying to put all of that behind me.
“I think when guys fight a little bit or have a little friction, I think that’s normal. With women, it becomes a much bigger issue than it needs to be. There’s a lot of extrapolation,” she explained.
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