(VIDEO) "You don’t need to be that close to me": Danielle Collins fumes at 'wildly inappropriate' closeness of cameraman
WTAThursday, 22 May 2025 at 07:36
Danielle Collins came back to see off Emma Raducanu on Wednesday afternoon and she fumed at the cameraman halfway through at the Internationaux de Strasbourg.
Collins came back from 6-4 down to see off Raducanu in the next two sets 6-1, 6-3. But as ever the outspoken American didn't mince her words during the tie.
She went to go and get some water and the camera went right close and Collins had a go at the cameraman. Also about being overzealous in terms of being on top of Emma Raducanu.
“I need to get water. We’re on a changeover. You don’t need to be that close to me & you don’t need to be on top of Emma. It’s wildly inappropriate," said Collins during the match.
She now moves on to face either Jessica Pegula or Anna Kalinskaya in the Quarter-Finals of Internationaux de Strasbourg.
Danielle Collins asks a cameraman to give her & Emma Raducanu space during their match in Strasbourg
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) May 21, 2025
“I need to get water. We’re on a changeover. You don’t need to be that close to me & you don’t need to be on top of Emma. It’s wildly inappropriate”
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Don't like her... never liked her. She's a condescending (fill in the blank).
That said -- WTA is failing the players by allowing these camera operators to hover over, or next to, players -- especially while physio teams are working on their exposed areas, etc., etc., etc. There should be a safe distance rule.
Also: let's not forget it was the cameras taking closeups across the court and literally resulting in revealing "upskirt" views (hence the ladies now place a towel between their legs at the bench).
This is not a hard choice!