{"id":339745,"date":"2025-12-09T21:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/339745\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T21:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:41:07","slug":"danielle-collins-absent-from-australian-open-2026-entry-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/339745\/","title":{"rendered":"Danielle Collins absent from Australian Open 2026 entry list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems there won\u2019t be <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/16\/sports\/danielle-collins-blows-kisses-to-heckling-australian-open-crowd-after-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a rematch between<\/a> American Danielle Collins and Australian Open fans at the upcoming tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 64-ranked player in the world <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/content\/dam\/tennisaustralia\/documents\/elite-player\/AO26-Women%27s-Singles-Main-Draw-Entry-List.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was not included on the women\u2019s singles entry list<\/a> on the Australian Open\u2019s website Tuesday for the first Grand Slam of 2026, noting Collins and Ons Jabeur \u2014 who is currently on maternity leave \u2014 \u201cwill miss the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Danielle Collins, a 2022 Australian Open finalist, was not included on the entry list for 2026. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The American tennis star got feisty with the Australian Open crowd in 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Collins, a 2022 Australian Open finalist, reached the third round of last year\u2019s tournament, where she lost to compatriot and eventual champion Madison Keys.<\/p>\n<p>Before that match, the 31-year-old Collins made headlines after she knocked off Australia\u2019s Destanee Aiava in the second round and rubbed the triumph in the faces of the pro-Melbourne crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Upon sealing the victory, Collins blew kisses to the fiery crowd and patted her butt sarcastically. <\/p>\n<p>Danielle Collins topped Australian Destanee Aiava in the second round in January 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>She sarcastically patted her butt during the lively victory lap. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI loved it,\u201d Collins said of the scene afterward,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheTennisLetter\/status\/1879871724529078446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">according to The Tennis Letter<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing this my whole life and I love playing in a crowd that has energy, regardless of what side they\u2019re on, and I\u2019m somebody too, like, it kind of just motivates me even more, so it\u2019s kind of a good thing, especially when I\u2019m not playing that well. I think it really helped me in the end, and just helped me concentrate more and challenged me at times, and yeah, pushed me kind of through the finish line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/01\/18\/sports\/usas-danielle-collins-says-she-will-retire-this-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">initially revealed<\/a> the 2024 season would be her last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/danimalcollins\/p\/DBPw9P7PaCP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">but reversed course<\/a>, expanding on health challenges with endometriosis and fertility in an October Instagram post from that year.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Open runs from Jan. 12 to Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seems there won\u2019t be a rematch between American Danielle Collins and Australian Open fans at the upcoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[12083,99,428],"class_list":["post-339745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-australian-open","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}