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Flavio Cobolli Reacts to His Loss vs. Zverev in the Final _ Roland-Garros 2026 · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Congratulations. It was an amazing tournament for you.
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  Speaker 2: It was an.
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  Speaker 1: Incredible match over four hours.
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  Speaker 2: You were so close.
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  Speaker 1: What ended up being the difference.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, uh, first of but I'm so proud of
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  Speaker 3: myself playing four hours on the first fine, I guess
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  Speaker 3: the one of the best player in the world. It
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  Speaker 3: means a lot for me. That means that I have
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  Speaker 3: the level two to play these kind of matches.
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  Speaker 4: And at the end of.
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  Speaker 3: The four set, I felt some crumbs and I couldn't,
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  Speaker 3: you know, run like.
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  Speaker 5: Like I wanted on the fifth and.
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  Speaker 3: But at the end, I think he deserved it for
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  Speaker 3: for what he did for our sport during these years.
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  Speaker 3: And uh yeah, so I'm so I'm so happy for him,
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  Speaker 3: I'm so happy for me, and I will try again
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  Speaker 3: again again.
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  Speaker 1: You are very young, so you will have many more opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: But when you look back, why these two weeks the
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  Speaker 1: best ones that you've had so far in your career.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, these two weeks are unbelievable and means a lot.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I didn't expect this kind of result on
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  Speaker 3: my on my career. But but when I when you
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  Speaker 3: when you're here, when you feel the emotion that.
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  Speaker 4: The final make on you. You know you want that
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  Speaker 4: the dream don't finish and you wanna keep your eyes
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  Speaker 4: uh still close up.
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  Speaker 3: But now I have to open. I have to open
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  Speaker 3: the eyes. I have to realize what I did on
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  Speaker 3: these two weeks. I have to think about the next step.
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  Speaker 4: You know.
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  Speaker 3: Now I have I have many goals. I have many
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  Speaker 3: things that I want to do this year also, so
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  Speaker 3: I have to be ready. I have to recharge the battery.
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  Speaker 5: I have to enjoy a bit also because I deserve,
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  Speaker 5: and then I have to be ready to to you know,
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  Speaker 5: start again with the same as my last.
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  Speaker 1: Always we loved your smile. You were a pleasure to watch.
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  Speaker 1: Best of luck, well done.
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  Speaker 6: Thanks the number ten big for Cabali. He was a
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  Speaker 6: tenth man or woman from Italy to make a major
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  Speaker 6: final and because of this incredible run. On Monday tomorrow
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  Speaker 6: he will make his first appearance in the top ten,
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  Speaker 6: coming in at number ten. What did we learn? What
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  Speaker 6: did we see from Flavio these last two weeks.
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  Speaker 7: He's had an incredible two weeks. I think at the
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  Speaker 7: beginning of the Rolan Garows Tournament, no one would have
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  Speaker 7: picked him. Even though he's in the top ten, no
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  Speaker 7: one would have said, oh, I think he's going to
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  Speaker 7: make the final. We thought the other Italian would have
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  Speaker 7: made the final, and then we had three other Italians
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  Speaker 7: that could have made the final. So an incredibly special
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  Speaker 7: two weeks. When he came on the desk and he
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  Speaker 7: said that the trophy was going to be presented by
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  Speaker 7: an Italian, that was special. And I think he had
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  Speaker 7: a lot of connection these two weeks with the tournament.
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  Speaker 7: I think he played with a lot of heart. He
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  Speaker 7: played so well. He played lights out when we were
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  Speaker 7: watching him play Learner. He just had a really good
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  Speaker 7: two weeks. Things were flowing for him. His attitude was great.
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  Speaker 7: He was happy to be here, and I think for
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  Speaker 7: him this is a good stepping stone to try to
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  Speaker 7: see what more he can do, see how he can
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  Speaker 7: advance himself. Obviously already being in the top ten is incredible,
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  Speaker 7: but to take it a step further by making a
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  Speaker 7: Slam final and then seeing where what else he can do.
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  Speaker 7: He says he saws a lot of goals ahead of him.
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  Speaker 7: I think there's a lot more in the tank for Kaboli.
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  Speaker 6: Made it to the quarterfinals last year at Wimbledon, fallowing
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  Speaker 6: to Djokovic, which it really was an up and back match.
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  Speaker 6: Really took Novak to the limits there, but a really
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  Speaker 6: strong performance for a great young player.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and he stepped up all week. Look, he was
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  Speaker 2: the favorite basically in the first six matches. Sometimes it
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  Speaker 2: can be difficult as the favorite. He stepped up to
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  Speaker 2: the challenge, only losing two sets. Prior to this final.
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  Speaker 2: He had a battle of zax Vida that got a
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  Speaker 2: little tricky in the end if you remember that four set.
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  Speaker 2: And I think he gained a lot of fans. He's
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  Speaker 2: well known already, right, he's a ten seed here, but
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  Speaker 2: he showed a lot of charisma, a lot of character,
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  Speaker 2: and I think his stardom is just going to continue
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  Speaker 2: to grow.
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  Speaker 8: He definitely gained a lot of fans, and he certainly
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  Speaker 8: should gain a lot of confidence from this. You mentioned
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  Speaker 8: his Wimbledon quarterfinal appearance last year. He's going into a
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  Speaker 8: surface that he's very very good on, so he should
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  Speaker 8: be very strong and a tough, tough person to beat
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  Speaker 8: at Wimbledon. And amazing two weeks and he took care
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  Speaker 8: of business. He beat everyone he needed to beat to
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  Speaker 8: get to the finals. Just couldn't quite you know, lift
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  Speaker 8: the trophy, losing in a fifth set today, But just
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  Speaker 8: an amazing.
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  Speaker 6: Two weeks for him. Would you learn about him?
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  Speaker 9: Well, look, he's a talented player, right, what he's not
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  Speaker 9: been is a consistent player. We know what the upside is.
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  Speaker 9: We see that clearly when he is striking the ball
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  Speaker 9: in full flight. He's he oozes charisma on the court.
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  Speaker 9: It's beautiful to watch. But there's inconsistency there too. That's
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  Speaker 9: the next step for him is how does he bring
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  Speaker 9: his bad day level up a little bit higher. We
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  Speaker 9: know his good day level is right there with the
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  Speaker 9: best in the world. It's amazing to watch him go
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  Speaker 9: out there and rip winners for a guy who's only
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  Speaker 9: six feet tall. He and alcohaz are kind of the
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  Speaker 9: two smaller guys who can really do it against these
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  Speaker 9: bigger players and stronger that they're going up against. So
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  Speaker 9: for him, now it's the confidence. Hey, I've been to
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  Speaker 9: a final. I was right there. I was in a
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  Speaker 9: fifth set in that final. Now can I do it
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  Speaker 9: time and time again? Can I start to just stack
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  Speaker 9: chip after chip after chip of good results build on it,
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  Speaker 9: because now his seating is going to continue to be
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  Speaker 9: up there too. He's going to get protected from some
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  Speaker 9: of the lower ranked players earlier in these tournaments, so
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  Speaker 9: he's got a real platform to work off of for
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  Speaker 9: this next year.