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Serena Got the Cameras, College Tennis Got the Wins (Wimbledon Round One, with Ian)
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- Jul 1, 2026
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Summary
Serena's return pulled every headline at Wimbledon, and it earned it. But round one had a second story running underneath, and nobody was flagging it. Ana and Ian recap a first round where grass humbled the favorites, the broadcast could not stop replaying the slips, and the players still advancing kept sharing one thing: they came up through American college tennis. Serena gets the spotlight. Maya Joint, Michael Zhang, and a wave of college-trained players get the results. It starts as a recap and turns into a question about who the sport chooses to show you versus who is actually winning. No jargon, no gatekeeping, just the fan side of a very strange first week. Links: Buy the last hat here - https://www.groundpasspodcast.com/shop/p/ground-pass-tennis-hat Tournament guide link - https://www.groundpasspodcast.com/wimbledon-guide Chapters: 00:00 Wimbledon Round One Recap 00:52 Editing Note 01:25 Intro 04:53 Serena Williams did not disappoint 16:27 Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek have tough round 1s 21:19 Novak Djokovic versus the Crowd 23:58 Grass is a trecherous surface 26:44 Ben Shelton is Upset and Michael Zheng has arrived 34:29 The British Tennis problem 💬 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.youtube.c…