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Virginia Women’s Tennis | Navarro, Collins Compete in Paris Olympics

virginiasports.com — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 17:00:59 +0000

DANIELLE COLLINS QUOTES (7/29)

On the atmosphere of an Olympic Games

“It’s one of the coolest atmospheres that I’ve played in. I’ve played a lot of Billie Jean King Cup matches. I’ve never played in the Olympics [before], and then one of the things that’s so special about the Olympics is like, you’re walking around here and people aren’t necessarily here for a specific player, but they’re here for the country. I think that’s so special. It was really cool seeing the fan base, you know, that Caro has created over the course of her career, and so many Danish people here to support her, but also so many Americans, too, in the crowd that I’m sure traveled a long, long way to get here. So that really meant a lot. Thinking about COVID, in 2020 and 2021 when we didn’t have a lot of fans, that was a really challenging time for a lot of people, for the fans, for us as athletes. It’s one of the most special things you get to experience as an athlete is being able to have so many people here supporting you. It gives me chills when I get to play in that type of atmosphere. It’s so cool.”

On the experience of playing the Olympics in her farewell year

“I’ve experienced a lot, experienced most things on the tennis tour, and then today I experienced…

Virginia Women’s Tennis | Navarro, Collins Advance to Round of 16 in Paris

virginiasports.com — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:30:59 +0000

PARIS– Former Virginia women’s tennis players Danielle Collins and Emma Navarro are competing for Team USA at the Paris Olympics, July 27- August 4.

Danielle Collins is the No. 8 seed in the singles draw and the No. 4 seed in doubles. Emma Navarro is the No. 11 seed in the singles draw. Both will be making their Olympic debuts as members of Team USA.

We will be posting daily updates of their progress right here.

Monday, July 29

Navarro faced No. 49 Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria on Monday in the Round of 32. The two went to a tiebreaker to decide the first set, which Tomova took 7-1, but Navarro stormed back, taking the final two sets 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the Round of 16.

She will face 6-seed Qinwen Zheng on Tuesday at 6 a.m. on Court 7 in the third round.

Collins picked up a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win against former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki.

Collins will face Camila Osorio of Colombia on Tuesday at 6 a.m. on Court 14.

Collins will also play her Round of 32 doubles match on Tuesday as the fourth match on that same court.

Sunday, July 28

Both Collins and Navarro were scheduled to begin singles on Saturday, but all play on the outer courts was rained out, forcing their matches to be rescheduled for Sunday.

Navarro picked…

Virginia Women’s Tennis | Navarro, Collins Advance to Second Round in Paris

virginiasports.com — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 18:00:59 +0000

PARIS– Former Virginia women’s tennis players Danielle Collins and Emma Navarro are competing for Team USA at the Paris Olympics, July 27- August 4.

We will be posting daily updates of their progress right here.

Sunday, July 28

Both Collins and Navarro were scheduled to begin singles on Saturday, but all play on the outer courts was rained out, forcing their matches to be rescheduled for Sunday.

Navarro picked up a win in her Olympic debut, topping Julia Grabher of Austria in her opener. Grabher is currently ranked No. 312, but was ranked No. 54 a year ago. Navarro will face No. 49 Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria on Monday in the Round of 32. They will play the second match on Court 6.

Collins took the court first, facing Laura Siegemund of Germany. Siegemund, ranked No. 64 in the world, retired with an injury in the second set, giving Collins the 6-3, 2-0 (ret.) victory. She will face Caroline Wozniacki on Monday as the third match on Court 14.

Collins is partnering with Arizona State alum Desirae Krawczyk in doubles. Krawczyk is…

Virginia Women’s Tennis | Olympic Tennis Draws Released

virginiasports.com — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:08:59 +0000

PARIS– The draws have been announced for the Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event following the draw ceremony at Roland Garros on Thursday, July 25.

Collins will open play by facing Laura Siegemund of Germany in the opening round. Siegemund is ranked No. 64 in the world. The two faced one another in February in Doha with Collins winning 6-4, 6-4.

Navarro will face Julia Grabher of Austria. Grabher is currently ranked No. 312, but was ranked No. 54 a year ago. This is their first-ever meeting.

Collins is partnering with Arizona State alum Desirae Krawczyk in doubles. Krawczyk is ranked No. 12 in the world doubles rankings after making the semifinals at both the French Open and Wimbledon this year. She is a four-time major champion in mixed doubles. The duo will face Despina Papamichall and Maria Sakkari of Greece in the first round.

First round singles and doubles matches will be played on Saturday and Sunday, July 27-28. Order of play for Saturday’s matches will be released on Friday.

The 2024 Olympic Games will be held from July 26 to Aug. 11 in Paris, with…

Virginia Women’s Tennis | Navarro, Collins Play Way into Wimbledon Second Week

virginiasports.com — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 23:56:24 +0000

LONDON – Virginia women’s tennis alumne Emma Navarro ’22 and Danielle Collins ’16 are the last two American women remaining in the singles field at the Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, England.

Navarro defeated No. 2 seed Coco Gauff on Sunday (July 7) to advance to her first-ever quarterfinal of a Grand Slam event. Collins advanced to the Round of 16 on Saturday (July 6) with a straight-set win against 20-seed Beatriz Haddad Maia. Collins will take on No. 32 Barbora Krejcikova on Monday (July 8) as the third match on Court 1, looking to join Navarro in the final eight.

Navarro collected her first-ever win at Wimbledon with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 victory against China’s Qiang Wang in the opening round. Navarro then took Centre Court, facing four-time Grand Slam Champion Naomi Osaka in the second round, logging a 6-4, 6-1 victory. She won in three sets against NC State alumna Diana Shnaider in the third round. Shnaider and Navarro were doubles partners at the French Open, advancing to the quarterfinals, and had also faced one another a week earlier in the semifinals at Bad Hamburg and in the finals of a lead-up to the French Open in Paris in May with Shnaider winning both of those meetings.

With the win against Gauff, Navarro has two wins over…

Virginia Women’s Tennis | Navarro, Collins Named to U.S. Olympic Team

virginiasports.com — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:23:00 +0000

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia women’s tennis alumnae Emma Navarro and Danielle Collins have been selected to represent the United States of America at the Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event, as announced today (June 20) by the USTA.

Collins and Navarro are the first players in program history named to an Olympic team. Both players have previously represented the United States at the Billie Jean King Cup, with Collins playing in 2019 and Navarro earlier this year. This will be their first Olympic appearances.

The women’s team includes singles world No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 5 Jessica Pegula, No. 11 Danielle Collins, No. 17 Emma Navarro, and doubles No. 11 Desirae Krawczyk. Coached by USTA Head of Women’s Tennis Kathy Rinaldi, the U.S. women’s team will feature four singles players in Paris–Gauff, Pegula, Collins and Navarro–and two doubles teams: Gauff and Pegula, Collins and Krawczyk.

The U.S. will also announce its one mixed doubles team that will compete in Paris–taken from the above-named players–at a later date.

It’s time to get the

Meet the team representing on the tennis courts in Paris! pic.twitter.com/VppnK3dIC7

— USTA (@usta) June 20, 2024

Collins played three seasons at Virginia (2014-16), winning the NCAA Singles…