Danielle Collins has condemned the criticism she received after she had to make a “strange” request during her match against Emma Raducanu in Strasbourg.

The American took on the British No 2 in the second round of the WTA 500 event and midway during the deciding set Collins got up from her bench during the changeover and took aim at the cameraman who was standing too close to both players.

“I need to get water. We’re on a changeover. You don’t need to be that close to me, and you don’t need to be on top of Emma,” she said.

“It’s like wildly inappropriate. It’s not that difficult to give space. I’m sorry.”

The reaction to her comments went viral with some praising the former world No 7 while others lambasted her.

Following her first-round win over Jodie Burrage at the French Open, Col

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