Danielle Collins has made good on her promise to rub Australia’s face in it.
The previous Australian Open finalist was booed off court docket after her third spherical defeat to eventual champion Madison Keys after the Melbourne crowd turned on her.
The recent-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 had been contributing to her “massive, fats pay verify”.
As a substitute of speeding into her subsequent WTA Tour event, Collins, 31, has taken a break on the picturesque Caribbean nation — and she or he’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 Area.
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 put up: “This 5 star vacay dropped at you by @coralsands_harbourisland #travelgram #bahamas #instatravel #harbourislandbahamas.”
The video she shared confirmed her posing for the digicam in a bikini and mendacity on a recliner chair on the seashore.
She additionally confirmed off the opulence of her lodging and her personal entrance to a vacationer seashore.
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 won’t sit properly with those that taunted her final month.
She used her ultimate press convention to once more thank the hostile crowd for contributing to the scale of her piggy financial institution.
“It’s fantastic that I can capitalize on these alternatives,” she stated.
“I feel that six completely different sponsorship alternatives come up this event alone. That’s a terrific sign for me.
“Clearly, like I stated, each fan contributes to that. It’s been an actual 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 broadly pilloried for mocking the group, boasting about plans to take pleasure in a “five-star trip”.
“I’m simply making an attempt to have enjoyable,” she stated.
“I’m simply attempt to take pleasure in my life and have enjoyable with it. All my mates on tour… they knew I used to be simply being me and making an attempt to make humor of the state of affairs.
“Then I had a whole lot of my mates be, like, ‘Effectively, am I getting invited on the yacht’.
“Yeah, a whole lot of the women on tour had been, like, ‘Effectively, you’re inviting me, proper?’.
“That’s all that issues. On the finish of the day you possibly can’t please everyone. An important factor is your family and friends and what they assume.
“No one obtained harm. That’s the principle factor. That is sports activities. I don’t assume the banter is essentially a horrible factor.”
When requested what her plans are for the WTA Tour this yr she additionally took one other refined shot on the crowd: “Clearly I’ve obtained to, I stated I used to be going to The Bahamas, proper”.
“A few my mates had been, like, ‘We will get it booked everytime you need. Simply give us 48 hours, and we are able to get this factor booked’.
“Yeah, I’ve obtained to suit that in there for just a few days. Yeah, we’ll see what occurs. I’ll preserve you guys up to date for certain. I’ll positively ship photos to everybody.”
She additionally had a crack at Channel 9 presenter Tony Jones — for the second time.
Jones earlier within the week referred to as Collins a “brat”.
She joked she wished to do a one-on-one dance with the Footy Present host.
“I like this outdated man, Tony Jones,” she stated.
“Sorry, everyone within the room that’s over, like, 70. I simply love how he referred to as me a brat. It’s simply so Gen Z and Millennial proper now.”
Australian followers should wait 12 months earlier than they subsequent cross paths with the provocative, pantomime villain.