Monday Match Analysis

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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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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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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross breaks down the 2026 Roland Garros men’s singles draw quarter-by-quarter, with dark horses, upset alerts, popcorn matchups and predictions. Top-seed Jannik Sinner comes in with an unblemished record on clay this year as he guns for his Career Grand Slam-clinching title. Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic and Felix Auger-Aliassime are the other top seeds. Two-time finalist Casper Ruud, top Frenchman Arthur Fils former No. 1 Daniil Medvedev all enter with significant attention.

0:00 Intro

1:38 Sinner Quarter

9:30 Auger Alliasime Quarter

20:23 Djokovic Quarter

31:15 Zverev Quarter

39:05 Final Weekend

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Gill Gross reveals the final 2026 French Open Power Rankings, a fully evidence-based list in order of Roland Garros men’s singles contendership. The top-10 seeds in Paris will be Sinner, Zverev, Djokovic, Auger-Alliasime, Shelton, Medvedev, Fritz, De Minaur and Bublik, but only six of those 10 made the Power Rankings. With Alcaraz, Draper and Musetti all out with injury, the tournament’s final weekend feels more attainable than ever ahead of the draw reveal.

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On Monday Match Analysis, Gill Gross dissects Jannik Sinner's record-breaking Rome championship, his 6th Masters 1000 title in a row, completing the full set of all nine Masters events in Italy. His straight set win over Casper Ruud makes him 5-0 against the Norwegian. We'll discuss Sinner's leaping backhand, his tactics and the newfound success on the dropshot.

0:00 Intro

0:30 Sinner’s History

3:13 Leaping Backhands

9:00 Sinner Tactics

13:45 Chronological Analysis

19:50 Sinner Dropshots

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