Does Danielle Collins Have a Coach? Everything to Know About Her Quirky Equation With Jared Jacobs
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American professional tennis player Danielle Collins has been making a lot of rounds on social media after dropping a great performance at the ongoing Miami Open. She already turned a few heads after deciding to retire from her professional tennis career. Suffering from both endometriosis and arthritis has made Collins’ tennis career quite challenging. Now that she is dedicated to sportingly taking up her planned retirement after this season, fans are curious to know about her coach.
Danielle Collins has been working with many coaches among whom she credits Nicolas Almagro for her rise in WTA rankings. However, after Almagro, Collins spoke about another mentor in her career, who helped her to bag the round 16 win at the National Bank Open last year. This mentor might be Danielle Collins’s current coach.
Who is American WTA star Danielle Collins’s current coach?
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Danielle Collins stole the show when she posed for a photo with her coach, Jared Jacobs after the round 16 victory at the National Bank Open last year. The duo was introduced to each other by Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Jacobs always admired Collins’s indomitable spirit on the court. He also dropped his valuable insights to the American WTA star after her matches. Jacobs helped Mattek-Sands at the US Open Mixed Doubles in 2019 and the Beijing Open Doubles title in 2019. This forty-nine-year-old coach is a University of Pennsylvania graduate and the senior national team member for the United States thrice.
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Jared Jacobs and Danielle Collins’s partnership brought a relaxing and friendly vibe to their fans. Collins once spoke about how she enjoys doing something more than just playing tennis. In this context, Collins admitted that her coach understands her time-off requirements. Jacobs commented about Collins by saying- “I think the emotional intensity that she needs to play with takes a lot out of her, and she needs that bit of time off to decompress and get back into the headspace,”
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Jared Jacobs’s partnership with Danielle Collins might have not gone through a lot of time. However, it showcased the positivity of having a supportive coach. The way Collins made a great comeback at the ongoing Miami Open, gives the positive impression of Jared Jacobs’s guidance. Not to forget, Collins’s amazing revelation of how she enjoys spending off time with Jacobs.
Danielle Collins reveals how she and her coach “balance” their love for tennis and other things
Collins always expressed that tennis is not the only priority in her life. Rather, she wishes to enjoy and take part in many things. Collins’s mentality received a green flag when coach Jared Jacobs entered into her professional life. Danielle Collins once commented– “Yeah, I feel like we balance it very well, I feel like both of us really love tennis. We like doing other things too. We like bowling. We like going to see the Barbie movie. Pedicures… we go & get our nails done sometimes. We’ve had a lot of great adventures,”
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Collins’s coach Jared Jacobs impressed the fraternity by helping the American WTA star with positivity, happiness, and mental strength. After suffering from the painful symptoms of endometriosis, Jacobs’s companionship influenced Collins to perform better and take care of her mental health. Collins might end her professional tennis career after the season but fans will remember her spirit and her coach Jared Jacobs’s amazing guidance.
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Ananya Giri