For a star who is about to make her farewell, there is one who wants to shine: Danielle Collins will say goodbye to tennis at the end of 2024 while her countrywoman Emma Navarro has started to shine on the WTA Tour this year and, for her, a great career is in sight.
Emma spent beautiful words for her countrywoman, always calling her herself without half measures. Both share a past as NCAA singles winners and at the Paris Olympics they shared the court (even some drama in singles, Emma with Qinwen Zheng, Danielle with Iga Swiatek). Despite their different personalities, the two players have proven to complement each other, which could also suggest they will reunite in some doubles event before the end of 2024. Maybe at the US Open?
“Danielle is very outgoing and expressive on the court, and she is unapologetically herself, which I think is really cool. Off the court, she’s just been super supportive. We got to play together at the Olympics and cheer each other on, so that’s been really cool. We have very different personalities on the court, but I think she’s taught me a little bit about just being myself, and not everyone is going to like the way you approach things, but don’t let that affect you,” said Navarro.
