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Hailey's Breakthrough, Sinner's Streak, and Rome on Deck
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- May 4, 2026
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- 1839
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Summary
A mini pod to wrap Madrid and look ahead to Rome. We get into Hailey Baptiste's career-best run, Marta Kostyuk's unbeaten clay season (and the backflip we didn't know we needed), Mirra Andreeva's two finals, Townsend and Siniakova's doubles takeover, and the men's final that we, frankly, did not watch. Plus: why Alexander Blockx deserves more credit, the case for actually watching Next Gen, Ethan Quinn going full clay dog in Aix, and our spring merch is live (with a very limited Hailey Baptiste tee that drops out of the store May 11). Order of Play hits Substack right after. Links: Merch: https://www.groundpasspodcast.com/shop ATP Next Gen doc: https://youtu.be/Vwdq01RMD9I?si=HdzjlbrKhVlxeFDE Off Season Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offseasontv?igsh=MWJhaHZ4ano4NWlpeQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Rome Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@internazionalibnl Last Week’s Order of Play: https://groundpass.substack.com/p/order-of-play-alcaraz-out-roland-garros Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Merch Update 04:48 Breakthrough Performances: Hailey Baptiste and Others 11:48 Men's Final and Emerging Talents 24:24 Other Bits and Bobs 25:10 Rome Preview 29:41 Outro 💬 Don’t forget to give us a leave is a 5 ⭐️ rating and drop us a comment Want to Support Ground Pass - https://www.groundpasspodcast.com/support Our New Merch is LIVE!!! Ground Pass Shop - https://www.groundpasspodcast.com/shop Where You can Find us Online: Substack - https://groundpass.substack.com Website - www.groundpasspodcast.com Email - [email protected] Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ground_pass Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/groundpass.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ground_pass Youtube: https://www.yout…