Summer of Serena Continues || Danielle Collins Joins Us || Are Tennis Players Too Friendly With Each Other?
6/17/20261 hr 9 min
Brad Gilbert and Nick Monroe welcome Danielle Collins back to THE BIG T as the grass season is in full swing.
BG has strong feelings about how players misstep on their the clay-to-grass footwork and he's not holding back. On the WTA side, Serena takes her doubles run to Berlin, Raducanu regains top form with her new (old) coach to reach the HSBC Final in Queens and Nick catches up with Robin Montgomery fresh off her title in Hertogenbosch.
On the ATP side, Shelton stamps his claim as America's clear-cut No. 1 with a Stuttgart title and Alexander Zverev rolls into Grass season as the potential favorite for Wimbledon. Then the crew tackles one of tennis' most debated questions: are player friendships actually ruining the competitive fire? Daniel Collins certainly is not shy about that topic.
🎾 Danielle Collins joins BG and Nick as co-host for a full episode of grass-season talk.
🎾 Are players prepping for the clay-to-grass transition all wrong? BG fires up
🎾 Serena in Berlin with Muchova — doubles tune-up or something more?
🎾 Victoria Mboko injury update + Raducanu makes the Queens final
🎾 Nick catches up with the Champion — Robin Montgomery on her Hertogenbosch title
🎾 Shelton takes Stuttgart — is he officially the new U.S. men's No. 1?
🎾 Zverev rolling in Halle — is he the favorite for Wimbledon?
🎾 Hot take: Are player friendships killing the competitive fire in tennis?
🎾 Fan mail presented by ServiceNow + Code Violations with Danielle, BG & Nick
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First 90 secondsDanielle Collins· Guest0:00
You don't need to be a Karen and, like, go and tell the kid, "Oh, you belong on court..." Whatever. Respect the kids. [laughs] Please, like, do not discourage the kids. I can't tell you how many times I've been at different tennis centers and clubs where the members and the people who are playing get really upset and pa- in- impatient when kids hit balls on their court. Please, I, I like to see the children getting to hone in on their craft and to develop a lifelong passion. I don't want that to be discouraged by these Karens at the country club.
Nick Monroe· Host0:33
[upbeat music] DC, Danielle Collins, what's been going on? It's been a while since BG and I have seen you. I've been following the Instagram, though, and following the interior design. Are we wayfaring? Are we West Elming? What are we doing with the new house?
Danielle Collins· Guest0:56
Um, I'm doing a lot of different things. So just to give, like, a little background info about, um, my house, um, in New England, it was built like 240 years ago. So it's a British colonial farmhouse that's on a couple of acres. I have a wonderful backyard. Um, my dad was a landscaper, so I like to think that I've, um, inherited the green thumb, and I have spent a ton of time on different, different gardening projects. I, um, have been doing some interior design