By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_now | Saturday, May 10, 2025
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When Danielle Collins’ First serve Strays, she sometimes calls her hero’s memories of tennis to subjugate stress.
Collins only served 47 percent today still destroyed IgA Swoute’s The second service that destroys the 6-1, 7-5 defense champion to reach Rome’s round of 16.
Then Collins shared her source of force when her first flies of service: 2008 The Olympic Champion of the Gold Medal Elena dementiava.
Despite an almost side -wing service that sometimes disserted it, the dementia was a great force that reached some Grand Slam finals, rising to a high order in the career of no. 3 and catching 16 career titles.
Ao’s former finalist, Collins credited her tennis hero, dementia, with her inspiration to continue fighting when her first service is not sitting.
“Growing up, I saw a lot of Elena dementiava. Elena dementiava made a career for herself by not making many first services,” Collins told Rome after stunning Swiatek for her third triumph in her third career. “That was a really fierce shot for her. She had so many other special parts of her game that made her the player she was athletic.
“Sometimes when I have a bad service day I think of Elena dementiava and all the things she was able to achieve even when the first service or service was not working well for her.”
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Remembering Russian’s versatility helped Collins’s ruthless fuel today.
“This simply tells you that you may have a playing field not to be effective one day, but if you have other skills and talent, you can apply it and really achieve some great things,” Collins said. “It is inspiring to me from time to time.”
