1st Round Mailbag (Medvedev & Bublik Upset, FAA Escape) | Roland Garros 2026
5/27/20261 hr 10 min
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It’s the Roland Garros 1st Round Mailbag. Gill Gross starts by going over some important Day 3 results. Daniil Medvedev took another gutting opening round loss in Paris at the hands of Adam Walton. Felix Auger-Aliassime narrowly escaped the same fate, beating Daniel Altmaier. Jan-Lennard Struff took down Alexander Bublik. Then, your comments, including: Arthur Fils injuries, Jannik Sinner’s extra shape, Women’s title pick, Learner Tien on clay, the decline of defense, the player pay protests, Ignacio Buse, Nishesh Basavareddy, the wild Casper Ruud vs. Roman Safiullin match, and more.
0:00 Intro
1:30 Walton def. Medvedev
10:50 Chaos Quarter
12:50 FAA def. Altmaier
19:15 Struff def. Bublik
23:35 Fils Injuries
26:20 RG Lines Judges
27:25 Sinner Loopy Ball
31:36 Women’s Picks
37:30 Clay Dropshots
39:39 Tien Clay
43:58 Is Defense Dead
47:40 Djokovic on Pay
49:25 Ignacio Buse
51:44 Media Boycott
55:35 Nishesh Basavareddy
57:44 Sinner Odds
1:01:46 Rafa Hypothetical
1:03:55 Ruud def. Safiullin
1:06:50 Zverev Adaptation
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[upbeat music] Hey, everyone. Gil Gross here, and it is time for the Roland-Garros 2026 first round mailbag. We'll also get into some results. There were some big ones today. Medvedev is out. Sascha Bublik is out. Felix Auger-Aliassime is still in. He survives third set tie break against Daniel Altmaier. So we'll go over those results, but I do wanna first jump right into the comment section, and we'll begin with Member Mary. "Hi Gil, would you ever consider hosting an occasional live watch along for some matches if you aren't working a tournament?" I swear to God, I did not tell Mary to comment this. This was not a ploy, a marketing ploy, or a planted comment, but it is rather remarkable that Mary did comment this because on June 2nd, and this was pre-planned, on June 2nd,