At the 2025 Australian Open, American player Collins was booed by the home fans in the second round of the women's singles against Australian player Ayava, and she counterattacked with a series of wild words and deeds, with Djokovic showing that he has become a fan of Collins.

Collins' series of wild words and deeds countered

Although Collins was then eliminated in the third round of the Australian Open Women's Singles by the same American Case, and was once again booed by the home fans, she showed that she had a lot of business opportunities in the process. In fact, a few months ago, Collins had already decided to retire due to illness.

Collins' words and deeds in the second round have become a hot topic in the tennis world in recent days, and she has naturally become a thorn in the side of the Australian home fans, and she continued to receive a lot of boos for Keys in the third round on Saturday (18th), and the world No. 11 hurt her knee at the end of the match, and finally lost in straight games 4:6, 4:6.

Collins fought back against the Australian fans who booed her in the second round with her handsome prize money, and even after the third round, she did not forget to tease the hostile crowd again: "I think there are already six sponsors coming to the door for this tournament alone, which is a good sign for me. As I said before, every fan helped me and I'm really lucky. ”

Collins lost to Keys in the third round

Despite the criticism from the Australian crowd, tennis superstar Djokovy has shown that he likes Collins' fight back against the home crowd: "I loved the way she responded to the crowd, everything she said on and off the court, and I became a Collins fan after that – I used to do the same, but now I support her even more." I think she's funny and smart. He added that many players agreed with Collins' move.

Djokovic believes that tennis has always been too conservative in sports: "While defending tradition and history, we are a little bit behind in terms of keeping up with the times compared to other sports, and the new generation does not have that focus." ”

Asked afterwards in response to Djokovic's assessment, Collins also said that tennis needs to be more "modernized": "Sometimes people take life too seriously, and I hear that the average age of tennis fans has gone to 65. We need to make the project more entertaining and try to be humorous. ”

Djokovic strongly agreed with Collins' move and criticized tennis for failing to keep up with the times

In fact, Collins would not have participated in the Australian Open this year, although she is at the top of the women's singles world rankings, she has been plagued by rheumatoid arthritis, and was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2021, she wrote an article on the BBC last year, indicating that she has always wanted to start a family and give birth, but endometriosis will greatly reduce her chances of conception, coupled with her age, and she has missed the weddings and funerals of relatives and friends for many years due to her athletic career, so she hopes to retire at the end of 2024 and start a new chapter in her life.

However, she announced on social media in October that she would put her retirement plans on hold, "I recently met with different experts and learned more about how to achieve my ultimate dream of starting a family." It's a big challenge to get pregnant with endometriosis, and it's going to be a longer road than I thought, so I'm not going to end my career for now, and in 2025, I'll be on the tour. ”