Wimbledon final 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner on NOW as pair eye men's singles crown
A nice little funny tale for you...
Danielle Collins was knocked out by eventual champion Iga Swiatek in round three of this year's Wimbledon.
But her best result came OFF the court here in SW19 a few years ago - when she met her now-boyfriend Bryan Kipp.
Collins said: "We met at a coffee shop in London so that was pretty exciting. I didn't think I would meet someone at a coffee shop.
"Who would have thought? Just after the tournament, Wimbledon.
"He didn't know anything about tennis, and he didn't know I was a tennis player, which was really nice."
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