Australian Open's villain du jour, Danielle Collins, has opened up on her running battle with the crowds following her tournament exit.

Men’s top seed Jannik Sinner is also up tonight, taking on America’s Marcos Giron in the third round. Women’s second seed Iga Swiatek, fourth seed Jasmine Paolini and sixth seed Elena Rybakina are also in action on a day where huge crowds are expected to flock to Melbourne Park.

Danielle Collins is out of the Australian Open in the third round and the crowd made sure to give her one final round of boos as she was leaving the court. In an all-American battle, world No. 14 Madison Keys saw off the No. 10 seed 6-4 6-4 to progress into the round-of-16.

Tennis purists felt unsettled as Danielle Collins went right at a rowdy Australian crowd after taking out a hometown favourite in incredible scenes. But the exchange is actually healthy for the sport.

It’s fair to say Danielle Collins won’t have the crowd on her side from this point on however long her run in this year’s Australian Open lasts.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Count Novak Djokovic as being in Danielle Collins' corner. He thinks her response to booing fans at the Australian Open was absolutely fine — which should come as no surprise, given the way Djokovic gets into back-and-forths with hecklers at his matches, including Friday night at Rod Laver Arena.

American tennis star Danielle Collins got under the skin of every Aussie on Thursday night, but now the lid has been lifted on her frosty relationship with a sporting icon.

MELBOURNE - Danielle Collins had no intention of being at this year's Australian Open but the former finalist is glad to be back at Melbourne Park and taking comfort in the routines of tennis after personal setbacks.

Novak Djokovic has demanded an apology from Channel 9 and host Tony Jones for “insulting and offensive comments” towards him.

Collins knows a hostile Aussie crowd, she was the opponent in the Aus Open final in 2022 when Ash Barty was crowned champion in an iconic win. Her crime is simply that of confidence. It’s of saying what she wants with an opinion that’s different to yours and not caring that you don’t like it or her.

Channel 9 host Tony Jones has angered Novak Djokovic’s supporters by going rogue and sledging the Serbian superstar on a live broadcast.