Australian Open star flies into 'c**t' rant after stepping off court

Destanee Aiava during her Australian Open defeat to Danielle Collins.

Destanee Aiava wrote "god motherf***ing damn it c***" on social media minutes after her fiery defeat to Danielle Collins at the Australian Open. The home star was embroiled in a battle with Collins, who made her intentions clear towards the booing Aussie crowd on several occasions as she claimed a 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-2 win. Collins cupped her ears to the crowd after securing victory, before taunting them further by blowing kisses in their direction and mocking them in her on-court interview.

But shortly after walking off the court, having reached the second round for the first time in her career, Aiava fumed on X (formerly known as Twitter) while replying to her own post with "loser" and a GIF of herself.

She deleted the posts just over 30 minutes later, explaining: "I’ve been advised to delete my tweet but I screenshot it for memories." Aiava had nothing but kind words to say about Collins in her press conference, saying: "I thought it was a really good match. Better than I expected. Yeah, all credit to Danny. I think she played really well when it mattered. It was just fun to play in front of the big crowd again.

Destanee Aiava shaking hands with Danielle Collins after their match.

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"I think I showed myself this week that I do belong here. I've known it for quite a while. But actually putting it into action and doing it is completely different. I think I did that this week. "Hopefully the rest of the year goes similar. If not, that's okay, too. At least I've had a really good week here. That's all that matters. Meanwhile, Collins took aim at the Show Court Arena crowd that had been antagonising her throughout. At one point she told them to "shut up" after cheering a double fault during the three-set classic, before pushing back when victory was secured.

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