Australian Open: After losing to Iga Swiatek, Danielle Collins announces that 2024 will be her last season

Coming from a set and a break down, the 2022 finalist led Swiatek through a double break at 4-1 in the third set before the Pole roared back to win 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the Rod Laver Arena. on Thursday.

Melbourne: Following her second-round loss to world No. 1 Iga Swiatek at the Australian Open Thursday, American tennis player Danielle Collins announced that the 2024 WTA Tour season would be her final year on tour.

“This is the final #AusOpen for Danielle Collins, who has confirmed she will retire from competing after this year. We wish our 2022 finalist all the best,” said the message on Australian Open

The 2022 finalist came from a set and a slump to lead Swiatek through a double break at 4-1 in the third set before the Pole roared back to win 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday.

“This will actually be my last season participating. I don't know exactly when, but this will be my last season and I'm really looking forward to that,” Collins told reporters after the game. “I feel like I've had a pretty good career. There's definitely been ups and downs, and I think the travel and some of the off-field stuff, with scheduling and all that, this is a really tough sport.

“I have other things I would like to achieve in my life outside of tennis, and I would like to have the time to be able to do that. Obviously having children is a big priority for me,” she added.

On the same court two years ago, Collins knocked off Swiatek to win 6-4, 6-1 and advance to her first major final.

Collins reached her first Grand Slam semi-final at Melbourne Park in 2019, recording three wins against Top 20 opponents. Three years later, in the 2022 semi-finals, she thwarted Swiatek's progress and earned a spot in the final, eventually suffering a straight-sets defeat to Ashleigh Barty.