Hello!
Holy fucking hell, Taylor Fritz, the 7th seed, lost
in the first round to a complete nobody: Nishesh
Basavareddy. 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-1. This is the biggest
upset so far in Roland Garros 2026. Sinner loves
this, one less tough opponent left in the draw.
br,
KK
On 5/24/2026 1:57 PM, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
Hello!
Holy fucking hell, Taylor Fritz, the 7th seed, lost
in the first round to a complete nobody: Nishesh
Basavareddy. 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-1. This is the biggest
upset so far in Roland Garros 2026. Sinner loves
this, one less tough opponent left in the draw.
br,
KK
We may be seeing post-peak Fritz. Based on this year anyway.
On 5/25/26 4:31 AM, Scall5 wrote:
On 5/24/2026 1:57 PM, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
Hello!
Holy fucking hell, Taylor Fritz, the 7th seed, lost
in the first round to a complete nobody: Nishesh
Basavareddy. 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-1. This is the biggest
upset so far in Roland Garros 2026. Sinner loves
this, one less tough opponent left in the draw.
br,
KK
We may be seeing post-peak Fritz. Based on this year anyway.
I was thinking that maybe what we saw was Fritz's high water mark last
year. For many players you can sorta see a maximum achievement level.
Rublev 2-3 years ago, Paolini (maybe) last year, Fernandez around the
2022 US Open.
These players seem to mentally keep it together, but their game is
maxxed out, they have exhausted their talent and abilities and just did
not have it in them to win a major. But they continue to grind it out as best they can, even though they have nothing more left to develop or
improve that will move them to a higher plane.
On 5/25/2026 9:55 AM, Sawfish wrote:
On 5/25/26 4:31 AM, Scall5 wrote:Yeah, and I think that is admirable. Plus it beats 9-5.
On 5/24/2026 1:57 PM, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
Hello!
Holy fucking hell, Taylor Fritz, the 7th seed, lost
in the first round to a complete nobody: Nishesh
Basavareddy. 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-1. This is the biggest
upset so far in Roland Garros 2026. Sinner loves
this, one less tough opponent left in the draw.
br,
KK
We may be seeing post-peak Fritz. Based on this year anyway.
I was thinking that maybe what we saw was Fritz's high water mark last
year. For many players you can sorta see a maximum achievement level.
Rublev 2-3 years ago, Paolini (maybe) last year, Fernandez around the
2022 US Open.
These players seem to mentally keep it together, but their game is
maxxed out, they have exhausted their talent and abilities and just
did not have it in them to win a major. But they continue to grind it
out as best they can, even though they have nothing more left to
develop or improve that will move them to a higher plane.
Svitolina is the exemplar of this sort of tenacity.
On 5/25/2026 11:21 AM, Sawfish wrote:
Svitolina is the exemplar of this sort of tenacity.
Yep, for sure. This "smart" mind assumed her career to be over a long
time ago.
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