Mensik vs. Fonseca Roland Garros 2026 QF | Post-Match
6/2/202630 min
Jakub Mensik and Joao Fonseca battled for a first-ever major semifinal berth at Roland Garros 2026. It was the youngest combined QF in Paris since Nadal played Djokovic in 2006. Plus, some words in the end on Alexander Zverev vs. Rafael Jodar. Gill Gross breakdown and analysis...
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First 90 secondsGil Gross· Host0:01
Hey, everyone. Gil Gross here post-match, Jakub Menšík versus João Fonseca, Roland-Garros quarterfinal 2026. If you're not here for spoilers, click off the video in three, two, one. It was the youngest Roland-Garros quarterfinal on the men's side in terms of combined age since Djokovic-Nadal in 2006, and it is Jakub Menšík beating Fonseca in straight sets to advance to his first major semifinal. You'll recall before the start of this year, Menšík hadn't surpassed the third round at a major, and even though Jakub is still only 20 years old, it did become a storyline, and it was something that started to weigh on Menšík until getting over the hump, although having to withdraw due to injury in Australia. This is now in earnest the breakthrough run at the slam level for Jakub Menšík. He will face Alexander Zverev in the semis. I'm gonna make three statements, and the third may sound contradictory to the first two, but all three are actually true at the same time. The first is that I did not pick Menšík to win this match. The second is that I was very impressed with Menšík's performance. The third is that nothing Menšík did surprised me. Nothing he did surprised me because the things