American player Danielle Collins is enjoying one of the finest seasons of her life, having moved back into the WTA top 10 and lifting the biggest title of her career in Miami. In her second BBC Sport column at a wet French Open, Collins explains how she gets through rain-disrupted days.
Rain has disrupted the past few days of the French Open and I find waiting around to play on days like these to be mind-numbing.
On Wednesday, I was due to play my second-round match against Serbia’s Olga Danilovic but it was called off because of the rain and moved to Thursday.
I had a feeling I wouldn’t be playing based off the weather radar. I’m certainly not a meteorologist, but I’ve become pretty decent at this point at predicting the likelihood.
I was lucky enough to find a sofa to take a nap on. When I woke up, it was nice to see a fellow American watching TV in the same room.
We took advantage of the quiet and talked for a few minutes, and then I decided to get some of my marathon training in since my match was cancelled.
I got on the treadmill and did some interval training. Running has been a great outlet for me on monotonous days.
It has made such a big difference getting to have my boyfriend, Bryan, at many of my tournaments this year.
His positive energy and calming demeanour makes my good days great and my tougher days a little less challenging by having him by my side.
It’s also been nice having my good friends Ben and Kim here supporting me this week too. Kim is an attorney and Bryan works at a life sciences and diagnostics company, so it’s really interesting getting to learn about what both of them do and different projects they’re both working on.
Bryan brought a new game for us to all play and we’ve had some good laughs while playing ‘Pass The Pigs’.
On the weeks I travel solo, and don’t have my loved ones here, the environment can be very different and extremely boring.
Often I find myself reading books, or pinteresting all of the new kitchen and bathroom ideas I have in mind for when I retire at the end of this season and get to spend more time at home next year!
