Former Virginia Cavaliers, Emma Navarro and Danielle Collins continue to represent the University of Virginia well. They do it in very different ways, but these two women continue to find success on the court in high-profile events.

Danielle “The Danimal” Collins took a page out of Brett Farve’s book and decided to continue her playing career after announcing her planned retirement from the sport after her 2024 season ended.

Throughout her career, Collins has been praised and ridiculed because of how much emotion she shows on the court. The best part? She doesn’t care what you think of her, and she embraces the villain role to those who boo her during her match or disrespect her on social media. She does not care what other people think and continues to be true to the type of player and person she is.

Australians were not prepared for this when Collins took the court against one of their own, Destanee Aiava, in the second round. Despite the hostile home crowd, Collins took Aiava down in three sets and let the crowd know how she felt about them, as they did to her throughout the match. She won the match, and she won the beef between her and the crowd with this reaction.

Fellow American Madison Keys got the best of Collins in the third round, sending the former ‘Hoo home in straight sets (6-4, 6-4).

With Collins’ early exit, one former Virginia Cavalier remains in the Women’s Australian Open. World No. 8, Emma Navarro, advanced to the fourth round at Melbourne Park Friday afternoon.

Navarro defeated the Tunisian star, Ons Jaber, in three sets (6-4, 3-6, 6-4) and will see the fourth round for the first time at the Australian Open in her young career. The match lasted two hours and three minutes, and all Emma Navarro could say was that she “love(s) three sets.” She has played in 31 matches that have lasted three sets, and she proves time after time that she can not be phased and that being tired is a choice, as she has won over two-thirds of those matches.

She will see Daria Kasatkina on Monday morning in the fourth round. The 27-year-old Russian is world No. 10 and has had a very successful 11-year professional career. She is also in the midst of her best showing at the Australian Open.

The winner of this match will advance to the quarterfinals and take on Eva Lys or world No. 2 Iga Swiatek.