Miami Open: Danielle Collins Announces Her ‘Little’ but Promising Contender Who Can Take Her Intense WTA Legacy Forward

Danielle Collins is on her way out of the professional tennis scene. She announced her retirement after suffering a loss to Iga Swiatek in the Australian Open. Now that she is playing her last season, Collins is looking for her heir and promptly manages to find one. She called Peyton Stearns her successor for a peculiar and hilarious reason at the Miami Open.

The American youngster was grateful after hearing her response and shared her happiness on her social media page. Collins’ reason for picking Stearns includes one of her responses to winning a point, which is perfectly replicated by Stearns.

Danielle Collins picks Peyton Stearns as successor

Danielle Collins is currently playing her last Miami Open, and she is waiting for her match against Sorana Cirstea to continue her stint in the tournament. Collins is known as the queen of ‘Come On’ as she screams it quite often after winning a point. When she goes, someone else will need to take up the mantle. Collins shared the name herself after her match against Elina Avanesyan ended 6-1, 6-2. 

For Collins, “I feel like Peyton Stearns. You know, Peyton Stearns is my little buddy and watching her compete and come out there ’cause she played for Texas, is like, so much fun watching her. So, she’ll carry the torch.” Stearns is an upcoming American star who is making a name for herself after showing fantastic tennis to its fans.

The youngster could not help but feel proud of her senior’s words and shared her own thoughts about being picked as the one who would carry the mantle of the ‘Come on’ scream.

Stearns shares her happiness on being picked as Collins’ heir

While the 22-year-old American star has been struggling this year, she has shown some great performances. After winning her points, she loves to scream ‘Come on’ as well. Therefore, picking her as the one to carry the torch was a no-brainer for the 31-year-old player. As Stearns saw Collins’ response, she wrote, “Hook ’em baby!!” on her social media page. 

Both players have also shown a similar fire every time they step on the tennis court. Collins will bid adieu to tennis with a grand slam final as her best result. It means that Stearns has a lot more to live up to, aside from making sure her ‘Come on’ chants are louder than Collins’. Will she be able to live up to the legacy of her senior player?

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