"I was thinking during the match. I was like, 'If I'm out of here, I might as well just take that big fat paycheck.' Coco and I love, we love a good 5-star vacation.

American tennis player Danielle Collins embraced the Australian Open boos after her latest win. But there's more to her heel turn than meets the eye.

Count Novak Djokovic as being in Danielle Collins’ corner. He thinks her response to booing fans at the Australian Open was absolutely fine — which should come as no surprise, given the way Djokovic gets into back-and-forths with hecklers at his matches,

After antagonizing the Australian Open crowd during and after her second-round match, Danielle Collins received a cold welcome from the fans as she took the court for her third-round matchup with Madison Keys.

Danielle Collins thanked her haters for paying her bills at the Australian Open, and this is the kind of energy more people need to have. As much as athletes probably hope a crowd is for them during matches, it won’t always be that way. Sometimes, fans are for the opposing player, and they let it be known.

Danielle Collins has gotten into a back-and-forth with a booing crowd at the Australian Open after eliminating a local player.

Danielle Collins got the last laugh — and a "big fat paycheck" — at the 2025 Australian Open. Fans didn't hold back on Collins, 31, when she defeated Australia's Destanee Aiava on Thursday, Jan. 16.

Virginia tennis alum Danielle Collins made headlines on Thursday at the 2025 Australian Open, but not as a result of her tennis performance in a 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 v

Danielle Collins thanked a hostile Australian Open crowd for helping to fund her next vacation after beating its last home hope in the women’s draw. Collins beat Destanee Aiava 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-2 to set up a third-round meeting with U.