Coco Gauff shared her reaction to Danielle Collins’ latest light-hearted update while the latter began her stint as an analyst at the 2026 Australian Open. The first Grand Slam of the year is currently underway and will continue till February 1 at Melbourne Park.
Collins made headlines during the 2026 Australian Open, but not because of her appearance on the court, but because of her stepping into a new role for the Major. The reason behind the American’s absence from the Grand Slam is because she has been recovering from a back injury and has also been undergoing egg-freezing procedures.
With her role as an analyst, Collins has already gone viral for her prediction for Iga Swiatek. Amid this, she posted a fun video on Instagram, where she playfully applies a lip gloss with the background music that said to her ‘haters’:
“This is a message to all the haters out there. If you don’t like what I do but you watch everything I am doing. You’re still a fan.”
This playful video garnered Gauff’s attention, who acknowledged the humor with a sweet comment that read:
“okkkkk🔥”
Danielle Collins shared her opinion on Aryna Sabalenka’s final match against Marta Kostyuk at the Brisbane International
Danielle Collins appeared on The Big T podcast on January 14, where she shared her predictions of some players at the Australian Open 2026. During this discussion, the first name was Aryna Sabalenka, who kicked off her 2026 season with a victory at the Brisbane International.
The World No. 1 played against Marta Kostyuk in the final, where she registered a straight-sets win. Talking about her performance, Brad Gilbert appreciated the Belarusian’s serve play in the quicker conditions of the match. Agreeing with him, the American praised the world No. 1’s on-court skills, saying: (3:09 onwards)
“I agree with that, and I think she had all the reason to go out in that final match and try to take it to Kostyuk with some of the drama that was there towards the end of the year. I think she was hungry for a win there. Kostyuk was playing some really good tennis. I mean, she had three top 10 consecutive top 10 players back to back to back, and it looked like she was going to go into that match playing pretty well, and she was playing well, but Sabalenka is just too good and too strong,” said Danielle Collins.
