An on-air segment between former American players-turned commentators Chris Eubanks and Coco Vandeweghe got a little uncomfortable with the former urging the latter to \u201cfocus on the players\u201d and not herself.<\/p>\n
Former world No 29 Eubanks and Vandeweghe took part in a serve speed contest during the Indian Wells Open and the latter apparently managed to send down faster serves than her male colleague, who struggled to crack the 100 miles per hour mark several times.<\/p>\n
During a Tennis Channel discussion about their off-court contest, Vandeweghe \u2013 who peaked at No 9 in the WTA Rankings \u2013 turned to Eubanks and asked: \u201cChris, what do you have to say for yourself?\u201d<\/p>\n
And the reply was snappy as the 2023 Wimbledon quarter-finalist said: \u201cIs this going to be a thing now, like we\u2019re just gonna keep every week being like, \u2018Oh, can you break 103mph?’\u201d<\/p>\n
Vandeweghe \u2013 who let out a big sigh midway during her colleague\u2019s reply \u2013 hit back with: \u201cWe could go back out today and try it on. I\u2019ll wear this dress and throw down maybe 115mph. I\u2019ll keep rising.\u201d<\/p>\n
WATCH: Mirra Andreeva makes \u2018not really proud\u2019 admission after appearing to swear at spectators<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Everything Alex Eala said in her press conference after Coco Gauff retirement<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n But Eubanks retorted: \u201cSee, here is the thing about me and you, Coco. I don\u2019t like to just bask in my own career and accomplishments. I like to focus on the players. I don\u2019t want to talk about myself and what I did and what my serve was.<\/p>\n \u201cI understand that we are a little different. I get that, but let\u2019s just try to focus on the players. These are world-class athletes, that\u2019s where the focus should be.<\/p>\n \u201cNow I don\u2019t want you and I, sitting up here in our little fancy clothes, trying to test our serve speeds.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s just try to focus on the players\u2026 not on you and I sitting up here in our little fancy clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n Chris Eubanks is a legend for this pic.twitter.com\/4Xqinc5v1p<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Barstool Tennis (@StoolTennis) March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Vandeweghe \u2013 who reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open and US Open in 2017 \u2013 then stated: \u201cWell, the difference also between you and I is that I keep recreating a new career and I just did it yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n The segment ended with Eubanks rolling his eyes.<\/p>\n Vandeweghe retired in 2023, winning two singles titles while she also won four doubles trophies \u2013 including the 2018 US Open women\u2019s doubles crown alongside Ashleigh Barty.<\/p>\n Eubanks finished his career in December 2025 with one singles title to his name.<\/p>\n The post Indian Wells Open: Tennis Channel commentators involved in on-air spat \u2013 \u2018Let\u2019s focus on the players\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An on-air segment between former American players-turned commentators Chris Eubanks and Coco Vandeweghe got a little uncomfortable with the former urging the latter to \u201cfocus on the players\u201d and not herself. Former world No 29 Eubanks and Vandeweghe took part in a serve speed contest during the Indian Wells Open and the latter apparently managed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n