in the final grand slam of her career number 11c Danielle Collins suffered a surprised first round loss to fellow American Caroline dohy at the as open on Tuesday Collins was up a set and a break of serve but dohy the world number 49 was able to fight back and claim an impressive one - 67 - 56 - 4 victory in 2 hours and 40 minutes Collins is retiring at the end of the season age just 30 after suffering from a number of health issues during her career including rheumatoid arthritis and endometriosis dot dot dot it looked as though a farewell ceremony of sorts was being prepared for Collins but she walked off the court before she could even be presented with a bouquet of flowers Collins said after the match that she requested not to have a presentation on the court I'm not somebody that likes to celebrate my accomplishments she told reporters I've struggled with feeling guilty around success and that's something I have had to work on so I'm not great honestly at having an all about me moment I would prefer to do something like that maybe in private but I feel like I've gotten enough attention to last a lifetime I mean I was kind of thinking of that movie I think it was Meet the Parents or meet the where guot is a shrine and all his 18th Place medals I don't want to be like guot so I think I'm good she added to laughter Collins has enjoyed a brilliant final year on the tour winning a career first WTA 1000 event at the Miami open back in March which she followed up with a victory at the Charleston open in April she still has the doubles to play with partner Caroline Gario at the SOP and says she still intends to finish the rest of the season Health permitting however Colin said suffering heat stroke at the Olympic Games has played a part in her lack of form over the past couple of weeks adding that she is now looking forward to life after tennis obviously I've talked a lot about wanting to have children and starting a family and being excited about that and just kind of stepping away from being in the spotlight she said I like the idea of not traveling 40 weeks out of the year I think that kind of sounds good at this point in my career with all the travel that I've done even though I have enjoyed it a lot I think a lot of us we dedicate our whole lives to it to the sport to the travel you give up a lot of Life Experiences other life experiences for your career this was doh's firstest open Win of her career and the 25-year-old will now face Sarah Irani in the second round