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…
