Collins brought Blinkova her water bottles after she got injured. Anna wasn’t able to finish the match. Danielle puts her arm around her. She carries her bag off court. This woman is so misunderstood But she’s kind to her core Great to see. ❤️
(VIDEO) Danielle Collins shows sportsmanship, rushes to help Anna Blinkova after horror ankle injury at Rome Open
WTASaturday, 11 May 2024 at 07:48
Danielle Collins is through to the third round of the 2024 Rome Open where she will play Elisabetta Cocciaretto or Caroline Garcia as she faced a retirement win in her opener against Anna Blinkova. But she also showed her sportsmanlike side amid a horror injury for the latter,
Collins won the first set 6-4 and was starting the second. But 19 minutes in to the first game disaster struck as Blinkova went over on her ankle mid point and she was forced to retire from the contest in heartbreaking scenes.
She will now likely face a race against time or be out of Roland Garros in a few weeks. While Collins who only saw her recent streak which lasted since Indian Wells quashed by Aryna Sabalenka last week moves on. Selfishly she now has a pretty easy task to reach the Quarter-Finals compared to other top names.
She rushed to help Blinkova though in this situation with Collins bringing over towels and water for her opponent and helping in whatever way she could before she was then taken off the court. Best wishes go to Blinkova as Collins moved on. She was in one of the first matches of the day to open her account and spent little time actually on the court.
In her last season, she has already won a clay court title in Charleston and amid her defeat to Sabalenka last week showed some semblance of rust as she was taken to the limit by both Olga Danilovic and Jaqueline Cristian before falling to the Belarusian. But she will hope for better this week and after an early bye will now play in the third round already.
Danielle Collins bringing some water and towels her opponent Anna Blinkova who hurt her left ankle mid-point. First game of the second set. Hope Blinkova is okay. #ibi24
Come back stronger, Anna 🤕 In the first game of the second set, Anna Blinkova was forced to retire against American Danielle Collins due to an ankle injury. Collins advances to the third round 6-4 Ret. #IBI24
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