Danielle Collins calls Madison Keys “an inspiration” because the 31-year-old American is applauding the reigning Australian Open for the way open she has been about her struggles earlier than and after attaining her final tennis purpose.
From her early days, Keys was tipped to be the subsequent large factor in American girls’s tennis. And whereas she made the 2017 US Open last at 23 years previous, she collapsed beneath the stress and simply misplaced 6-3 6-0 to Sloane Stephens. Over the subsequent couple of years, the American overtly spoke about how main stress and expectations negatively impacted her. Additionally, she admitted to turning to skilled assist.
Then, simply three weeks earlier than her thirtieth birthday, Keys achieved her final tennis dream – she grew to become a Grand Slam champion by upsetting Aryna Sabalenka on this yr’s Australian Open last. Later, the world No. 7 admitted that there was a time when she feared her window for successful a Grand Slam was closed. Additionally, she confirmed that she nonetheless talks with a therapist.
Collins: I beloved Keys’ Australian Open and her being so open about all the pieces she has handled
“Madison Keys’ run to the Australian Open title is like really one thing that has impressed me this yr. I beloved that run. Me additionally. I imply, identical to how she’s advanced as an individual and been so open about various things that she’s labored by way of and completely different struggles and adversity that she’s confronted and the way she’s been capable of overcome all of that and the way genuinely she’s spoken about all of that,” Collins mentioned on The Homosexual Tennis Podcast.
“I simply I like when individuals can go into these press conferences or these media alternatives and so they supply substance to dialog that conjures up different individuals as a result of I imply we have all seen it, proper? Like there’s, you already know, understandably so. Like some individuals aren’t as comfy speaking in entrance of media like as others. So I perceive that.”
Collins has her personal points exterior of tennis. Final yr, Collins revealed that she was identified with endometriosis few years earlier and that the situation was making it very arduous for her to attain her motherhood targets.
