Danielle Collins was in no temper to stay round for a celebration.
So after being upset within the first spherical of the US Open on Tuesday for a disappointing ending to her last Grand Slam singles event, Collins took off rapidly for the locker room.
Collins, the No. 11 seed who has introduced her plans to retire after the season, misplaced to fellow American Caroline Dolehide 1-6, 7-5, 6-4. The US Tennis Affiliation appeared set to honour Collins, however she bolted, with US Open event director Stacey Allaster following behind carrying a yellow bouquet of flowers.
“I simply would like to do one thing like that perhaps in personal,” Collins mentioned. “However I really feel like I’ve gotten sufficient consideration to final a lifetime.
“I used to be type of pondering of that film, I believe it was ‘Meet the Dad and mom’ or ‘Meet the Fockers,’ the place Gaylord has a shrine and all his 18th-place medals. I don’t need to be like Gaylord, so I believe I’m good.”
Dominic Thiem, the 2020 US Open males’s champion, and Diego Schwartzman, twice a quarterfinalist in Flushing Meadows, had been honored after shedding their last matches on the event on Monday. However Collins, who remains to be entered in doubles, mentioned she had requested to not have a presentation on the courtroom.
It has been a powerful last season for Collins, who turns 31 in December. After asserting her plans on the Australian Open and saying she needed to begin a household, Collins earned her first WTA 1000 stage title in Miami, then gained once more in Charleston and returned to the highest 10. She performed so effectively that she has been requested if she may rethink her retirement plans.
However Collins has battled an belly damage for the reason that Paris Olympics and needed to pull out of hard-court warmup occasions at Toronto and Cincinnati.
That affected her preparation in opposition to Dolehide, an opponent she had defeated in 5 of their six conferences. Dolehide, who turns 26 subsequent Thursday, earned her first profession singles victory on the U.S. Open.
After a hug on the web, Collins was rapidly gone. She’ll be again for doubles and doesn’t appear sure about something after that.
“I imply, I’m nonetheless taking part in the remainder of the 12 months, or a minimum of that’s the plan proper now,” she mentioned. “You by no means know with life’s challenges and well being stuff. We’ll see.
“However yeah, I used to be type of simply bummed I couldn’t play a few of my finest tennis.”