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 reaching her final tennis aim.
From her early days, Keys was tipped to be the following massive factor in American ladies's tennis. And whereas she made the 2017 US Open closing at 23 years previous, she collapsed underneath the stress and simply misplaced 6-3 6-0 to Sloane Stephens. Over the following 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 turned a Grand Slam champion by upsetting Aryna Sabalenka on this 12 months's Australian Open closing. Later, the world No. 7 admitted that there was a time when she feared her window for profitable a Grand Slam was closed. Additionally, she confirmed that she nonetheless talks with a therapist.
Collins: I liked Keys' Australian Open and her being so open about every part she has handled
"Madison Keys' run to the Australian Open title is like actually one thing that has impressed me this 12 months. I liked that run. Me additionally. I imply, identical to how she's developed as an individual and been so open about various things that she's labored by means 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've 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 outdoors of tennis. Final 12 months, Collins revealed that she was identified with endometriosis few years earlier and that the situation was making it very arduous for her to realize her motherhood targets.
