Tennis news: Danielle Collins torches cameraman during match

May 22, 2025
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American tennis player Danielle Collins had some choice words for the cameraman during her Internationaux de Strasbourg match against Emma Raducanu on Wednesday afternoon.

Collins was in the middle of a changeover when she felt the cameraman’s hovering was a bit too close for comfort in the middle of the third and defining set. She got off the bench and made the point clear.

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Danielle Collins celebrates

Danielle Collins celebrates during her match against Madison Keys in the third round of the women’s singles at the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 18, 2025. (Mike Frey-Imagn Images)

“I need to get water. We’re on a changeover. You don’t need to be that close to me, and you don’t need to be on top of Emma. It’s wildly inappropriate,” Collins said. “It’s not that difficult to give space.”

The camera was kept on Collins as she filled up her water bottle with Raducanu in the shot to the right.

Collins ended up winning the match 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, and is set to take on Anna Kalinskaya in the quarterfinals of the tournament.

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Danielle Collins Rome

Danielle Collins in action during her round of 32 match against Poland’s Iga Swiatek in the Italian Open. (REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel)

Raducanu weighed in on what she heard from Collins during her outburst.

“I was standing up because I did not want to sit down in the third set because of my back,” Raducanu said, via The Tennis Gazette. “I was staying standing because it was a bit more comfortable, and then she came to fill her bottle up and was just saying how the cameraman was really close and felt a bit inappropriate, but that is all she was saying.”

Danielle Collins hits back

Danielle Collins hits a forehand against Sorana Cirstea on day three of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on March 20, 2025. (Geoff Burke-Imagn Images)

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The two are preparing for the French Open later this month.

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