Danielle Collins, the American tennis star, urged the fans to show some respect when she saw them trying to divert Erika Andreeva, her opponent, while the Russian was attempting to serve.
Collins, the top-seeded player in Monterrey with a first-round bye, began her campaign on Tuesday in Mexico against world No. 89 Andreeva. However, even though world No. 7 Collins went into the match as the clear favourite and performed brilliantly from the outset, 20-year-old Andreeva turned the tide and made it a very competitive match.
Andreeva had a 40/0 serve advantage and led 4-3 in the third set when Collins became irritated with the spectators.
Collins said angrily: “What in the world? I don’t get it. It’s not that hard to let us play tennis and be supportive.”
Collins and Andreeva were facing certain challenges in managing the Monterrey crowd even before this moment.
Collins won the next point, and then, after yelling at the crowd to behave better, Andreeva realized she had her second game point, leading 5-3. Andreeva then went on to complete her incredible 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 comeback victory over Collins in the ninth game, during which the top-seeded American was serving to stay in the match.
Danielle Collins to people in the crowd being loud while Erika Andreeva is trying to serve in Monterrey:
“What in the world? I don’t get it. It’s not that hard to let us play tennis and be supportive.”
Both players have had issues with the same group of people in this match… pic.twitter.com/aPTNneFGCb
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) August 21, 2024
Danielle Collins in 2024
LLLLLWWWLW Ranked no.11, the American played her last match on the 20th of August when she surrendered to world no.89 Erika Andreeva 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Monterrey (draw).
Currently, during this season Danielle owns a compiled 42-14 match record. Danielle clinched 2 titles in 2024 in Miami and Charleston. Collins got to the final in Strasbourg.
Andreeva in Monterrey, ranking, and results in 2024
At the moment ranked no.89, Andreeva has managed to achieve an overall 32-21 record in 2024. The Russian is now having a run in Monterrey where she beat the world no.54 Anhelina Kalinina 6-1 6-4 and the world no.11 Danielle Rose Collins 1-6 6-3 6-3.
Erika Andreeva will come up against the world no.57 LuluAnke Sun in the quarter on Thursday at 1:30 pm on Center Court. In the past, they have never competed against each other until now in top competitions.
Danielle Collins and Erika Andreeva squared off only on 2 occasions. Their actual head to head record is 1-1. Before, the last time they fought against each other, Erika Andreeva won 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Monterrey (Abierto GNP Seguros) on the 20th of August 2024.
