Former finalist Danielle Collins (back) out of 2026 Australian Open
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Danielle Collins, who reached the Australian Open final in 2022, said she's missing next month's Grand Slam event in Melbourne due to the back injury that prematurely shortened her 2025 season.
Collins hasn't played since losing to Romania's Jaqueline Cristian in the first round of the U.S. Open in August. She revealed earlier that month that she had a herniated disk i