US tennis star Danielle Collins reaches Australian Open semifinals after life-changing surgery
In April, the American was undergoing emergency surgery for endometriosis and had suffered an abdominal injury at the French Open.
Fast forward to 2022, and the 28-year-old has just progressed into the semifinals of the Australian Open after beating France’s Alize Cornet 7-5 6-1 on Wednesday.
“It feels incredible. I think especially after some of the health challenges that I’ve had to be able to get back to this level and be able to compete for the way that I have been, being able to be as physical as I have been having been so rewarding,” Collins said after the quarterfinal win.
The Floridian has always been candid about her health struggles and says the pain from her endometriosis a condition where the tissue that lines the uterus grows outside of it was some of the worst she’s ever experienced.
“I got to the point where I could no longer manage without it,” she told the WTA website in August last year, adding that she was in extreme pain, particularly during her menstrual cycles.
“Had I not had the surgery, I couldn’t keep living my life like that. The agony that I experienced from my menstrual cycles and the endometriosis is some of the worst pain I’ve ever had.”
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