Danielle Collins is preparing for the final US Open of her career and Andy Roddick has discussed her chances of success.
The 30-year-old has enjoyed a solid final season on tour so far and she will be keen to end her career on a positive note.
After exiting the Australian Open in January Collins announced she will retire from professional tennis after expressing her desire to be out of the spotlight and start a family, in addition to her ongoing battle with rheumatoid arthritis.
Danielle Collins does enjoy playing both in America and on hard courts and the US Open will give her an opportunity to do both one more time.
How does Andy Roddick think Danielle Collins will fare at the US Open?
Earlier this year Collins claimed back-to-back titles in Miami and Charleston where she played some of the best tennis of her career.
She backed up these performances by reaching the Rome semi-final and Strasbourg final, but since then, her performances have not been at the same level.
But now back in an environment in which she thrives, Andy Roddick thinks Collins can make a deep run at Flushing Meadows.
“Danielle Collins wins Miami and plays great. She’s still saying she’s done. This is her last Grand Slam. This is a surface she loves. That can go either way,” he said during an episode of his ‘Served’ podcast.
“When you haven’t dealt with something before. I retired at this tournament, not an easy thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if emotions got a hold of her and you all of a sudden thought back over her entire life and you all of a sudden got to do that again on this stage.
“She is going to play out the rest of the year. Or she is like let’s let it rip, we are here. Let’s let it go. She has been in form. I love that story, especially if she starts progressing to quarters, semis or finals, which I think is realistic.”
Where was Danielle Collins’ last match?
Since Collins reached the Strasbourg final which she lost to Madison Keys, her best results were a fourth round appearance at Wimbledon and a quarter-final showing at the Olympic Games.
Collins retired injured against Iga Swiatek in Paris and returned to action at this week’s Monterrey Open, which raised several eyebrows.
It was a decision that did not pay off as the World number 11 squandered a one-set lead to lose 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 to Erika Andreeva.
The older sister of 17-year-old French Open semi-finalist Mirra Andreeva, recovered from a slow start to record her first top 20 win and reach the quarterfinals of a Hologic WTA Tour event for the first time.
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