# Grass! Donna Vekic, Emma Raducanu and Ben Shelton enter the chat Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tennis-podcast-7345967/grass-donna-vekic-emma-raducanu-and-ben-shelton-enter-the-chat Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tennis-podcast-7345967/grass-donna-vekic-emma-raducanu-and-ben-shelton-enter-the-chat.md Podcast: [The Tennis Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tennis-podcast-7345967) Published: 2026-06-14T21:39:07+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/thetennispodcast/episodes/grass-donna-vekic-emma-raducanu-and-ben-shelton-enter-the-ch Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/thetennispodcast/e/6a2f1f7be6540bec0f8172b7/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tennis-podcast-7345967/episodes/grass-donna-vekic-emma-raducanu-and-ben-shelton-enter-the-chat Duration seconds: 4388 ## Resource 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. Become a Friend of The Tennis Podcast Check out our  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠new merch shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ !  Talk tennis with Friends on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Barge! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sign up to receive our free  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  (daily at Slams and weekly the rest of the year, featuring Matt’s Stat, mascot photos, Fantasy League updates, and more) Follow us on  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  (@thetennispodcast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tennis-podcast-7345967/episodes/grass-donna-vekic-emma-raducanu-and-ben-shelton-enter-the-chat/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tennis-podcast-7345967/grass-donna-vekic-emma-raducanu-and-ben-shelton-enter-the-chat.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.