St. Pete’s Danielle Collins Knocked Out Of U.S. Open In Fourth Round

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A Florida native competing in the women’s singles at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York was knocked out after losing in Monday’s fourth-round match.

The No. 19 seed, 28-year-old Danielle Collins, who grew up in St. Petersburg, lost 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to the competition’s sixth-seeded player, Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus, at Flushing Meadows.

With the win, Sabalenka advances to face Karolina Pliskova, who ranks No. 22, in the quarterfinals.

Collins kicked off the competition by defeating two-time U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka, who was representing Japan, in the first round, according to the Associated Press.

To move forward, she defeated Critsina Busca of Spain in round 2 and Alizé Cornet of France in round 3.

As of Wednesday, Collins has a career record of 96 wins and 67 losses, according to her U.S. Open player profile.

She reached a Grand Slam final earlier this year, losing to a now-retired player, Ashleigh Barty, at the Australian Open in January, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Collins has played tennis since she was 5 years old, WSJ reported. She attended public school — Northeast High School — and trained daily with her father, who owns a landscaping business, at St. Petersburg’s public parks.

She went on to play for the University of Virginia, where she won two NCAA singles championships, before embarking on her professional tennis career.