Danielle Collins has made good on her promise to rub Australia’s face in it.
The previous Australian Open finalist was booed off courtroom after her third spherical defeat to eventual champion Madison Keys after the Melbourne crowd turned on her.
The new-headed American grew to become public enemy primary at Melbourne Park after she mocked the group following her victory over Australian Destanee Aiava.
Collins exited the event with a ultimate remark in her post-match press convention that she was planning to have a vacation within the Bahamas after telling an indignant crowd that they have been contributing to her “big, fat pay check”.
As an alternative of dashing into her subsequent WTA Tour event, Collins, 31, has taken a break on the picturesque Caribbean nation — and he or she’s let everybody know with images and movies she has shared on her Instagram account.
The clip additionally confirmed Collins mimicking the identical bottom slap gesture she carried out in entrance of spectators at Rod Laver Enviornment.
The world No. 12 ranked participant blew kisses to the group and slapped her bottom as if to say “kiss my a–” throughout her run on the Open.
The identical act within the Bahamas has not been misplaced on tennis commentators.
Collins captioned her publish: “This five star vacay brought to you by @coralsands_harbourisland #travelgram #bahamas #instatravel #harbourislandbahamas.”
The video she shared confirmed her posing for the digital camera in a bikini and mendacity on a recliner chair on the seaside.
She additionally confirmed off the opulence of her lodging and her non-public entrance to a vacationer seaside.
Probably the most notable factor was Collins taking part in pickleball the place she slapped her bottom on the finish of a rally.
The video is not going to sit effectively with those that taunted her final month.
She used her ultimate press convention to once more thank the hostile crowd for contributing to the dimensions of her piggy financial institution.
“It’s wonderful that I can capitalize on these opportunities,” she stated.
“I feel that six completely different sponsorship alternatives come up this event alone. That’s a fantastic sign for me.
“Obviously, like I said, every fan contributes to that. It’s been a real blessing.”
She stated she doesn’t care what the group was saying through the match — or what has been stated about her on our on-line world.
Her feedback got here after she was extensively pilloried for mocking the group, boasting about plans to take pleasure in a “five-star vacation”.
“I’m just trying to have fun,” she stated.
“I’m simply attempt to take pleasure in my life and have enjoyable with it. All my buddies on tour… they knew I used to be simply being me and attempting to make humor of the state of affairs.
“Then I had numerous my buddies be, like, ‘Well, am I getting invited on the yacht’.
“Yeah, numerous the ladies on tour have been, like, ‘Well, you’re inviting me, proper?’.
“That’s all that issues. On the finish of the day you possibly can’t please everyone. Crucial factor is your family and friends and what they suppose.
“Nobody got hurt. That’s the main thing. This is sports. I don’t think the banter is necessarily a terrible thing.”
When requested what her plans are for the WTA Tour this yr she additionally took one other refined shot on the crowd: “Obviously I’ve got to, I said I was going to The Bahamas, right”.
“A few my buddies have been, like, ‘We can get it booked whenever you want. Just give us 48 hours, and we can get this thing booked’.
“Yeah, I’ve got to fit that in there for a few days. Yeah, we’ll see what happens. I’ll keep you guys updated for sure. I will definitely send pictures to everyone.”
She additionally had a crack at Channel 9 presenter Tony Jones — for the second time.
Jones earlier within the week known as Collins a “brat”.
She joked she needed to do a one-on-one dance with the Footy Present host.
“I love this old guy, Tony Jones,” she stated.
“Sorry, everybody in the room that’s over, like, 70. I just love how he called me a brat. It’s just so Gen Z and Millennial right now.”
Australian followers should wait 12 months earlier than they subsequent cross paths with the provocative, pantomime villain.
