DAY 9 - THE BIG T AT RG: DROPSHOT EDITION - Fonseca-Mania Rolls On, ELC Controversy, Cobolli & Kalinskaya Advance
6/1/202621 min
🎾 Electronic Line Calling controversy takes center stage — did Ruud get Scruud? 🎾 Fonseca Mania is in full effect at Roland Garros 🎾 Svajda-Man made Cobolli work for it — the first set he dropped all tournament 🎾 The Italian Invasion is real — Berrettini and Cobolli flying the flag 🎾 Kalinskaya survives a nail-biter against Potapova 🎾 Keys vs. Schneider serves up a match worth the watch 🎾 Tomorrow: Serena Comeback Convo 🎾Jodar vs. Zverev — first-ever meeting, must-see popcorn match 🎾 Mensik vs. Fonseca — Fonseca leads the career H2H 1-0 🎾 Svitolina vs. Kostyuk — two close friends from war-torn Ukraine meet on court, tied 1-1 in their career H2H, with Svitolina holding a massive 115-to-57 ace advantage in 2026. Could the serve be the difference? 🎾 Andreeva vs. Cirstea also on the slate 🎙️ Hosted by Petko & BG | Watch on the TC App and YouTube. Listen on all major podcast platforms.
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First 90 secondsAndrea Petkovic· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to The Big T, the drop shot edition on day nine of Roland-Garros. Time has flown by, but we are still here. Brad Gilbert and AP. We are still here to, um, to wrap the day, to look forward to the future. But BG, behind us we have the Champions League trophy that has somehow traveled to Philippe-Chatrier, and I assume the PSG team will soon show up to be honored on the court of Philippe-Chatrier.
Brad Gilbert· Host0:35
Hopefully this will be a civilized- [laughs] ... celebration, 'cause we saw the aftermath of Paris falling, so hopefully it will be a little more reserved here.
Andrea Petkovic· Host0:46
From your mouth to God's ear. Um, I did something yesterday, BG. I went to YouTube and I found a match between you and Boris Becker. I know that Boris hated playing you.
Brad Gilbert· Host1:00
I didn't like playing him neither.
Andrea Petkovic· Host1:01
Oh, no? Okay, that's interesting. But then I watched 20 minutes and I was dying of laughter. Like, in a good way, not like... I wasn't laughing at you, I was just laughing at knowing you now a little bit and having read your book, obviously, Winning Ugly, and then seeing it on full display was a completely different experience. But I loved how you just robbed Boris of his l- very last nerve. You just kept playing really slow to his backhand, and he was trying