For Donna Vekic, home is where her bags are

The first Grand Slam of the 2025 Hologic WTA Season is in the books and Madison Keys is the Australian Open champion. The feel-good story of January sealed the deal on Saturday at Melbourne Park, where she became the first woman in nearly 20 years to defeat World No.1 and No.2 in the semifinals and finals of a Grand Slam. The elated and exhausted champion joins the podcast to explain why she wouldn't trade her rollercoaster career for anything. 

Coco Gauff picked up right where she left off to start the 2025 Hologic WTA Tour season. The World No.3 went undefeated at the United Cup to help lead Team USA to its second title at the mixed-teams event, punctuated by a hard-fought win over No.2 Iga Swiatek. 

Coco Gauff heard it all. After being written off after the US Open, the 20-year-old American surged to the finish to take her biggest title of the year at the WTA Finals Riyadh presented by PIF. She joined the podcast during her mad dash to the airport to break down another milestone achievement.

Aryna Sabalenka joins the podcast after her historic three-peat at the Dongfeng Voyah · Wuhan Open. Fast courts, slow courts, power or small ball, Sabalenka is proving she can win anywhere. 

Karolina Muchova joins the podcast from the China Open, where she continues to excel at what she jokes is "her part-time job, this tennis thing." The mission for this episode, if she chooses to accept it: no talking about tennis. 

A year on from helping lead North Carolina State to the NCAA Championship Final, Diana Shnaider is firmly rooted in the Top 20 on the Hologic WTA Tour and rising. The 20-year-old joins the podcast to discuss her very foreign college experience and remarkable surge up the rankings. 

Aryna Sabalenka joins the podcast from the makeup chair after her redemptive run to the US Open title, her second Grand Slam win of the season and third overall. Her next mission? Chasing down the World No.1.

Madison Keys is all about improvement, whether at home or on the court. The American joins the podcast to discuss the key technical changes that boosted her clay-court success this year and the hilarious months-long process of home renovation. 

What's it like growing up five minutes away from one of the biggest tennis tournaments in the world? Peyton Stearns joins the podcast to reminisce about her time at the Cincinnati Open and reflect on her season full of career milestones.

Donna Vekic is a woman of the world. And she has the excess baggage to prove it. The Croatian star joined the podcast from the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in April to evaluate her level after the first three months of the season and reveal the hard truths about tennis' glamour side.