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We are officially in the second half of the WTA tennis season and have yet to see Victoria Azarenka or Danielle Collins on a tennis court.
Could the two thirty-something veteran players be done with professional tennis?
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Victoria Azarenka has not played since last year’s US Open. She has not addressed her absence and has been quiet on social media in general. Azarenka is an active player on the WTA website. Her ranking has dropped to 450th.
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Danielle Collins was doing media work for Tennis Channel early in the year. She explained her absence as recuperating from injury and undergoing fertility (egg freezing) procedures. At the time, she said her absence was limited to the early part of the year.
Jul 27, 2025; Montreal, QC, Canada; Danielle Collins (USA) returns the ball to Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) (Not Pictured) in first round play at IGA Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images
Collins previously said that she was retiring after the 2024 season. After a stellar season and a change in life plans, she returned in 2025. Collins seemed a bit uncomfortable with the attention associated with her 2024 retirement announcement.
She is as an active player on the WTA site with a ranking of 703.
We have seen long goodbyes this year for Stan Wawrinka and Gael Monfils. It is wonderful that fans get to say goodbye to these legends of the sport at every tournament they play, but it seems mentally exhausting to go through this for the entire season.
At some point, Azarenka or Collins will hopefully say something, or the long silence followed by no WTA competitive tennis matches will give us our answer.
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Could the two thirty-something veteran players be done with professional tennis?
MORE: Who are the ATP players with the most social media followers?
Azarenka has been silent
Victoria Azarenka has not played since last year’s US Open. She has not addressed her absence and has been quiet on social media in general. Azarenka is an active player on the WTA website. Her ranking has dropped to 450th.
MORE: Which WTA players have the most social media followers?
Collins said she was retiring after 2024 season
Danielle Collins was doing media work for Tennis Channel early in the year. She explained her absence as recuperating from injury and undergoing fertility (egg freezing) procedures. At the time, she said her absence was limited to the early part of the year.
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Jul 27, 2025; Montreal, QC, Canada; Danielle Collins (USA) returns the ball to Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) (Not Pictured) in first round play at IGA Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images
Collins previously said that she was retiring after the 2024 season. After a stellar season and a change in life plans, she returned in 2025. Collins seemed a bit uncomfortable with the attention associated with her 2024 retirement announcement.
She is as an active player on the WTA site with a ranking of 703.
Long goodbyes are difficult
We have seen long goodbyes this year for Stan Wawrinka and Gael Monfils. It is wonderful that fans get to say goodbye to these legends of the sport at every tournament they play, but it seems mentally exhausting to go through this for the entire season.
At some point, Azarenka or Collins will hopefully say something, or the long silence followed by no WTA competitive tennis matches will give us our answer.
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Continue reading...
