Grass! Donna Vekic, Emma Raducanu and Ben Shelton enter the chat

With Matt in CHICAGO! Catherine and David get together to look back on the first week of the grass court season in 2026.

Part one - The WTA event in Queen’s, where Donna Vekic and Emma Raducanu provided timely reminders of just how dangerous they can be on grass, particularly with coaches they know and trust. Also chat about Amanda Anisimova, the returning Serena Williams, and a title for Robin Montgomery.

Part two (40:32) - The ATP events in Stuttgart and S’Hertogenbosch where Ben Shelton and Kamil Majchrzak were triumphant. Could Shelton be about to make grass his surface?

Part three (49:27) - Have Queen’s and the LTA got their wild card policy right? What did the players make of Wimbledon’s prize money increases? And a preview of next week.

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