{"podcast":{"title":"Ground Pass: A Tennis Podcast","slug":"ground-pass-a-tennis-podcast-6637111","podcast_index_feed_id":6637111,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/651ccfef9b495d0012f9d190","website_url":"https://www.groundpasspodcast.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/651ccfef9b495d0012f9d190/1761595563821-acbc2f4c-dc9e-4a76-bf69-f50c27f7a4ed.jpeg","author":"Non Traditional, inc","episode_count":191,"summary":"Ground Pass is a tennis podcast for curious newcomers and longtime followers alike. We cover the sport from a non-technical point of view. Anastasia is your guide to what it’s like to experience tournaments in person, with insight into the fashion and culture around tennis, while Nick is our resident history buff. We keep things fun and light because it’s just tennis, and tennis should be enjoyed with friends. So hello, friends. Welcome to your guides to tennis from the grounds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T12:20:25.321075+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ground-pass-a-tennis-podcast-6637111"},"episode":{"title":"Serena Got the Cameras, College Tennis Got the Wins (Wimbledon Round One, with Ian)","slug":"serena-got-the-cameras-college-tennis-got-the-wins-wimbledon-round-one-with-ian","published_at":"2026-07-01T13:51:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ground-pass-a-tennis-podcast-6637111/serena-got-the-cameras-college-tennis-got-the-wins-wimbledon-round-one-with-ian","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ground-pass-a-tennis-podcast-6637111","url":"https://shows.acast.com/ground-pass/episodes/serena-got-the-cameras-college-tennis-got-the-wins-wimbledon","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/651ccfef9b495d0012f9d190/e/6a451b55e80d75fcb8729359/media.mp3","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 - groundpasspodcast@gmail.com   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…","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2372,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ground-pass-a-tennis-podcast-6637111/episodes/serena-got-the-cameras-college-tennis-got-the-wins-wimbledon-round-one-with-ian/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ground-pass-a-tennis-podcast-6637111/serena-got-the-cameras-college-tennis-got-the-wins-wimbledon-round-one-with-ian.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}