Djokovic vs. Mpetschi Perricard & Basavareddy Bounces Fritz | Roland Garros 2026
5/25/202634 min
Gill Gross unpacks a couple big results from Day 1 at Roland Garros 2026. Novak Djokovic picked up his first win since March, overcoming a shaky start against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. Plus, Nishesh Basavareddy scored the biggest win of his career beating 7-seeded Taylor Fritz.
0:00 Intro
0:45 Djokovic def. GMP
15:50 Nishesh beats Fritz
31:55 Other Matches/News
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Gil Gross· Host1:00
Let's talk day one, Roland Garros 2026. Want to get something on those feeds on Monday morning. You know I like to do that. But the mailbag, the post is up, and I'll be doing a mail- a mailbag after round one, which will be a lot longer than this. Uh, I really just want to focus mainly on two matches from the day. Djokovic, Pachy Pericard, which was the night session, and the upset of the day that isn't a massive shock, but the seven-seed