Danielle Collins surely knows how to give it back! Temperatures were already soaring high in the high-octane clash between the American and the home-favorite Destanee Aiava and guess what happened after the match? Well, during the match we saw Destanee Aiava giving her a tough fight in the first two sets. Collins won the first set by 7-6 (4) and Aiava got the edge in the second one, but in the third set, the Aussie failed to beat the American. The match ended at 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2 in favor of Danielle Collins. Now, more than the victory, her post-match celebrations have started to make the headlines.

Insane drama at the KIA Arena! Shortly after winning the first set, Danielle Collins was seen mocking the noisy Aussie fans by blowing a kiss to the crowd from her seat during the changeover. Not only that, even before serving early in the second set, she was seen yelling at a spectator, saying, “Shut up.” Well, Danielle Collins is well known for her fiery nature on the court, but what happened after the match was truly insane!

As the boos rang out across Melbourne Park after the match, Danielle Collins was seen taunting the crowd by blowing kisses yet again. She even cupped her hand to ear, and addressed the spectators with a triumphant, “And now what?” With repeated cries of “How ’bout that!” the American star blew kisses to every corner of the KIA Arena. She greeted the boos with a broad smile! In another moment, she was seen giving a flying kiss to the crowd and then patting her back. It seemed as if she was gesturing to them to kiss her backside. Insane drama! Not only that, but later on, she even snatched the mic, to mock the Aussie fans, saying, “Thank you guys, love ya.”

Is it the first time that we’ve seen Danielle Collins getting engaged in all these controversial scenes during her matches? Well, the answer is no! In 2024, we witnessed multiple such moments and interestingly we saw her sarcastically blowing a kiss to the hostile crowd in Miami as well. Even in Madrid, she was spotted, shutting down a heckler by saying, “You come out in here and play, you do what I do, okay? Have a little more respect.”

Even during the Italian Open, Danielle Collins didn’t hold back. She was seen confronting her haters who were cheering for her errors during the match. In August 2024, another similar incident took place at the Monterrey Open. Danielle Collins was defeated by Erika Andreeva in her R16 match at the Monterrey Open in a three-set thriller. During that match, there was a moment when we saw a group of spectators making some during the play.

After seeing that, Collins didn’t hesitate to portray her annoyance by raising her arms in the air and yelling, “What in the world? I don’t get it. It’s not that hard to let us play tennis and be supportive.” What did Collins say after her recent win over Aiava, though? Did she address the crowd yet again with any sarcastic jab?

Danielle Collins pokes fun at her haters inside the KIA Arena after the match

This was Danielle Collins’ first match against Destanee Aiava, and what a reception it was for the American! After the match, during her on-court interview, she joked that those cheering against her had helped fun her upcoming holiday. “I was thinking during the match, I’m out of here, I might as well just take that big, fat paycheque,” said Collins.

She further added, “CoCo (Vandeweghe, who was in her support box,) and I, we love a good five-star vacation. So part of that cheque is going to go towards that. So thank you, guys, thanks for coming out here and supporting us tonight!” Who’ll she face in the third round of the 2025 Australian Open, though?

Well, fasten your seatbelts for an all-American clash in the third round! Danielle Collins is all set to face her compatriot Madison Keys in that match. Both of them have faced each other three times in their careers so far and guess what? Keys currently has a 2-1 edge over Collins in the H2H record. Madison Keys had the last laugh in their previous meeting in Strasbourg, last year. Keys will be entering this match following her hard-fought victory against Romania’s Elena-Gabriela Ruse. Who is your pick in this epic third-round clash, though?