American tennis star, Danielle Collins blasted the Australian Open crowd as being ‘super drunk’ as she celebrated victory over Destanee Aiava.
Collins took her hand to her ear and blew kisses to the crowd after beating the Australian qualifier 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 in the second round of the women’s singles event.
The American was then seen slapping her backside toward the home fans for booing her in a post-match interview.
‘During the match I was like, while I’m out here I might as well take that big fat paycheck,’ Collins said while being booed in her on-court interview.
‘We love a five-star vacation, so a big part of that will go towards that.
‘So thank you guys, thanks for coming out here and supporting us tonight. Thank you guys, love you.’
Collins, who made the Australian Open final back in 2022, has already scooped £147,000 ($180,000/AU$290,000) in prize money by reaching the third round.
The 31-year-old, who reversed her decision to retire at the end of last season, doubled down on her on court comments in her press conference.
Collins said: ‘Well I’m going to be here for two hours, putting up with all these people, I might as well take the bigger paycheck, right?’
‘I was super happy to do that and one of the greatest things about being a professional athlete are that the people that don’t like you and that hate you, they actually pay your bills.
‘It’s kind of a cool concept and obviously, my professional career is not going to last forever and I just remind myself every day when I have that kind of stuff that they’re paying my bills.
‘Every person that has bought a ticket and has come out here to heckle me can do what they do. It’s all going towards the Danielle Collins fund. So like, yeah, bring it on I love it.’
