Danielle Collins breaks silence after refusing U S Open farewell ceremony on court

Danielle Collins has opened up about her abrupt exit from the court after her final US Open singles match declining a farewell ceremony despite plans to retire at season's end and playing her last grand slam she was upset by Caroline dohy in the first round losing 1 to six 7 to5 6 to4 as the tournament directors stood ready with flowers Collins chose not to participate in a Courtside goodbye leaving fans at Flushing Meadows without a farewell when asked about skipping the postmatch honor Collins revealed her preference for privacy yeah I'm still in the doubles and I had requested not to have any presentation on the court I'm not somebody that like likes to celebrate my accomplishments she started Danielle Collins Outburst spoke volumes before US Open heartache retiring US Open Star storms off Court After Shock exit and snubs farewell ceremony I've struggled with feeling guilt you know around success and that's something I've had to work on so I'm not great honestly at having like an all about me moment I just yeah would prefer to do something like that maybe in private you know but I feel like I've gotten enough attention to last a lifetime Collins made an unexpected comparison as she expressed her desire not to be celebrated by the tournament she humorously stated I just yeah I mean I was kind of thinking of that movie I think it was Meet the Parents or meet the fuers where you know Gaylord has a shrine and all his 18th Place medals I don't want to be like Gaylord so I think I'm good and the women's Double Draw Collins will team up with French sensation Caroline Garcia the pair are set to face off against American Duo Anna Rogers and Alana Smith in the first round looking ahead the world number 11 plans to compete until The Season's end she had previously shared that she had some objectives to achieve before hanging up her rocket and provided an update after her defeat to dohy I mean I'm still playing the rest of the year or at least at least that's the plan right now you never know with life's challenges and you know Health stuff she explained we'll see but yeah I was kind of just bummed I couldn't play some of my best tennis I was all over the place with my shots I feel like my timing was a bit off and stamina and this and that Collins withdrew from her quarterfinal singles match at the Olympics and sat out the WTA 1,000 events in Canada and Cincinnati she made a comeback in Monteray last week but suffered a loss in her Opening match and wasn't taken aback by her US Open defeat she continued you know it's to be expected I went through a lot at Olympics with the heat stroke I got really sick after you know I'm imino compromised I felt like that played a little bit of a role I've just been really physically challenged the last couple of weeks even just with you know the time off you know so yeah I feel like I still haven't physically like completely recovered I mean obviously I've got myself back to where I'm not having pain with the injury too but you know it's hard when you kind of have a lot of momentum going and then you have a sudden stop and some things that come up healthwise so it's been yeah challenging Babas news

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