Although the tennis season will start again in less than two weeks, in many countries various exhibition tournaments are already being held under strict preventive measures. The World Team Tennis team competition is currently underway in West Virginia. But without one of the stars. The American Danielle Collins was expelled by the organizers due to non-compliance with the rules.
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When Novak Djokovic recently said he could not imagine holding the US Open under such strict coronavirus prevention measures as the organizers were proposing, Danielle Collins criticized him for his views. She urged the Serbian tennis player not to spoil the grand slam with other players and fans and to support the idea of holding the tournament.
Now, however, the American player herself has not complied with the measures introduced at the World Team Tennis competition. It takes place in West Virginia and, according to the organizers, Collins left the venue without announcing the reason. “We excluded Danielle Collins for the rest of the competition because she violated the measures and left Greenbrier Resort and West Virginia without permission,” explained Carlos Silva, WTT’s CEO, at brisbanetimes.com.au.
American Danielle Collins has been dismissed from the @WorldTeamTennis event in West Virginia for breaking #Covid_19 protocols, organisers said on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/E10Av6r6Mf
— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) July 21, 2020
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The former 33rd player in the world played three matches in the tournament, but in all of them she was not enough for her opponents. In June, Collins participated in a tournament in Charleston, where she helped the team of Grand Slam winner Bethanie Mattek-Sands to win over the Madison Keys team.
It’s selfish of him. Another tennis player went to Djokovic for his statements about the measures at the US Open
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A month earlier, she played in the first UTR Pro Match tournament in Florida, where she was not good enough for Alison Riske and won over the talented Amanda Anisim. She appeared on the WTA circuit in January, but after the quarterfinals in Brisbane and the semifinals in Adelaide, she dropped out in the second round at the Australian Open.
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