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Jul 26, 2026 9 min

The Mini US Open Is Back

from Ground Pass On-Site Hosted by Ground Pass and Anastasia Folorunso

Day 1 at the DC Open: qualifying around the grounds, media day with Venus Williams and the top seeds, and Off Season DC officially goes into production. The mini US Open is back. Read the full Day 1 newsletter on Substack: https://groundpass.substack.com/p/6ddbaf57-3fb7-412d-b0ad-df5a38706899 Ground Pass On Site is back for our fourth year in DC. In this episode we're on the grounds as Daria Kasatkina, Cruz Hewitt, and the Svajda brothers battle through qualifying, while Venus Williams, Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, and Frances Tiafoe take media day. Plus an Off Season update: our DC doubles special with Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski is officially in production, and we catch up with Hailey Baptiste and Ethan Quinn. The full newsletter includes press conference audio for paying Substack subscribers. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit groundpass.substack.com/subscribe

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