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Nishesh Basavareddy Talks 1st Round Upset vs. Taylor Fritz | Roland-Garros 2026 · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: All right, let's go to an all American battle Fritz
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  Speaker 1: and Bosavaretti.
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  Speaker 2: This one wasn't that surprising. I don't think we all know.
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  Speaker 2: Fritz didn't play in Rome, didn't play in Madrid, lost
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  Speaker 2: first round last week in Geneva. He's been battling a
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  Speaker 2: knee injury. It's something we've talked about for the last
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  Speaker 2: couple of years. He plays a ton of tennis. Where
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  Speaker 2: Vold Fritz said, when is he going to take a
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  Speaker 2: little time off? He finally did so. He hasn't been
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  Speaker 2: that sharp going into this match. Having said that, he
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  Speaker 2: was fine today, but it is tough, but you don't
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  Speaker 2: have a lot of matches under your belt, especially on
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  Speaker 2: the clay. Boss of Aaretti takes that first set seven
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  Speaker 2: to six, and we knew he was going to move
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  Speaker 2: Fritz around the court today and in fact hit twenty
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  Speaker 2: seven dropshots, John, I think you said it. Thirteen of
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  Speaker 2: them were for winners. So he was really exposing the
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  Speaker 2: movement of Taylor Fritz, especially that forward movement. Second set
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  Speaker 2: again goes to Bossretti seven to six, and it was
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  Speaker 2: this third set it was unbelievable about that get right
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  Speaker 2: there from the American boss Aaretti trying to get the
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  Speaker 2: crowd hight behind him. He actually got up three zero
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  Speaker 2: in this tiebreaker before Fritz kind of went on him
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  Speaker 2: on a storm and took that third set tiebreak. And
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  Speaker 2: it was that point that we maybe thought Taylor Fritz
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  Speaker 2: was going to run away with possibly the four set,
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  Speaker 2: possibly the fifth set. He had all ther running right.
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  Speaker 2: He gets fired up when you see a top ten
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  Speaker 2: player give that kind of reaction after winning the third set,
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  Speaker 2: being down two sets to love. This is not what
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  Speaker 2: you thought would happened. Also, plus the four sets six
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  Speaker 2: to one. Maybe it's due to Taylor Fritz just you know,
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  Speaker 2: lack of matches. But I expect him to be back
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  Speaker 2: and ready to go for the Drafsports season. A great
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  Speaker 2: win for Boston already.
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  Speaker 1: And you were saying, now Bosson already gets to take
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  Speaker 1: the seed and the path of Fritz as he advanced,
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  Speaker 1: he does.
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  Speaker 2: I noted this, I said this earlier. You know it's
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  Speaker 2: a great win, top ten win. You got to back
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  Speaker 2: it up now, right, you you're now in a for
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  Speaker 2: I guess to a stance. You're you're like the seventh seed.
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  Speaker 2: Now you've got that pathway, You've got the good Dross,
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  Speaker 2: so we'll see what he can do. He's got he
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  Speaker 2: could play another American Michelson Neck. He's Nicholson next hope.
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  Speaker 2: But after that Hodar possibly the third round.
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  Speaker 1: He grew up playing with Micholson. Yes, how special would
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  Speaker 1: that be? With a chance for a third round investment?
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  Speaker 1: There we could tell it was special. He's Sam Querry
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  Speaker 1: on our set and said, wow, I'm on the satan
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  Speaker 1: set of Sam Query. Here's our conversation with Bosavaret.
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  Speaker 3: He came to.
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  Speaker 1: Paris as a wild card. He walked on a long
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  Speaker 1: line against the top ten American and the schesh boss'v
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  Speaker 1: already just delivered the first thunderclap a rolling Garros. What
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  Speaker 1: a moment for you when you woke up this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Did you even allow yourself to imagine such a result?
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  Speaker 1: What was the process all day leading up to this?
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  Speaker 3: I would say I just tried to treat it as
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  Speaker 3: a normal match, trying not to overthink the occasion. I
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  Speaker 3: had one experience that I think helped me a lot,
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  Speaker 3: playing Novak last year in Australia, So I think I
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  Speaker 3: wasn't as nervous for this match as I was there.
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  Speaker 3: For sure, I think that helped me a lot today.
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  Speaker 1: So Novak at once you face him, well, I know
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  Speaker 1: one of your childhood heroes. Everything after that is just
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  Speaker 1: a normal tennis.
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  Speaker 3: Match, I guess. I guess, especially Rod Labor Center Court
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  Speaker 3: there a night session. I think nothing can quite compare
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  Speaker 3: to that. But of course the atmosphere today was also incredible. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: so I was super excited.
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  Speaker 2: I would say, so, how's your confidence?
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  Speaker 4: Now? How do you feel going into the next two days?
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  Speaker 4: You can relax a little bit more before going into
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  Speaker 4: the next match.
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  Speaker 2: So what's the line set like? Now?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's great to have two days off. I think
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  Speaker 3: finally ID one it would be a little bit of
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  Speaker 3: a rush. But I think losing the third set and
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  Speaker 3: then playing that fourth set the way it did gives
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  Speaker 3: me a whole lot of confidence for the next ones.
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  Speaker 3: I think it might have been the best setup ever played.
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  Speaker 3: So I have a lot to take from that.
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  Speaker 2: You win the first two sets, third set, you have
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  Speaker 2: a match point, you don't get it. What's the self
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  Speaker 2: talk on the bench in between the third and the
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  Speaker 2: fourth set, because a lot of guys a go I
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  Speaker 2: just had an opportunity. I blew it. How did you
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  Speaker 2: bounce back? So quickly.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I try not to think of it as if
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  Speaker 3: I blew it, because he had the set points first,
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  Speaker 3: he was kind of leading me in the tie break,
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  Speaker 3: and I'd only lost serve up until that point once
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  Speaker 3: in the match, So I thought, if I could just
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  Speaker 3: keep folding serve out get some chances on return like
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  Speaker 3: it did later in the third, and I was able
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  Speaker 3: to get an early break in the fourth, and that
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  Speaker 3: show changed the momentum again.
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  Speaker 4: So after that third set, I said here live on
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  Speaker 4: ear that I like Taylor Fritz to win the match.
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  Speaker 4: So thank you for making me look like a complete moron.
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  Speaker 4: Good on you on National TV. You played an amazing
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  Speaker 4: fourth set. You just said maybe the best set you've
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  Speaker 4: ever played in your life. Congress on that. But I
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  Speaker 4: want to talk about your drop shots day. It was
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  Speaker 4: obviously a huge story in the match, twenty seven drop shots.
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  Speaker 4: You had thirteen clean winners. Obviously, I'm assuming that was
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  Speaker 4: a big part of the game planning going in. But
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  Speaker 4: could you ever imagine it was going to be that
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  Speaker 4: successful throughout the course of four sets.
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  Speaker 3: No, definitely not. I mean, obviously, it's such a big
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  Speaker 3: ball that I need to first be able to push
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  Speaker 3: him back to make that effective. But as I just
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  Speaker 3: kept hitting good ones, it just gave me more more confidence.
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  Speaker 3: And at the nfla like Mutet almost backfoot drop shots,
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  Speaker 3: maybe overusing it a little bit like Nina All on
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  Speaker 3: the breaker. I think I lost a third set on
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  Speaker 3: that one.
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  Speaker 2: That one was unbelievable, but.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's definitely the most important shot today.
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  Speaker 1: I think my favorite moment was when your coach there
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  Speaker 1: had to remind you that it was time to switch side.
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  Speaker 1: You were so locked in.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I didn't even I thought it was still
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  Speaker 3: at all. But there's so much adrenaline in that moment.
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  Speaker 3: Then yeah, end up hitting that dropshot?
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  Speaker 1: How many unread text messages right now?
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  Speaker 2: What do we have to?
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  Speaker 3: Saw? Sixty three on nine message but probably way more
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  Speaker 3: on Instagram?
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  Speaker 1: And then who is the person that you cannot wait
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  Speaker 1: to call and share this moment with?
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  Speaker 3: Just my family, Yeah, I'll call them after this at
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  Speaker 3: some point, but everyone else can wait?
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely great. The big thing is now the world is
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  Speaker 1: saying boss of already, you know? And can you imagine
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  Speaker 1: the type of pride your parents have right now?
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  Speaker 3: No, I mean they're super humble. I don't think they're
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  Speaker 3: they'll be looking at that, but just to share this
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  Speaker 3: moment with them, Yeah, big one like this, it means
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  Speaker 3: it means a lot, and maybe they'll come later in
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  Speaker 3: the week if I win another on so we'll see.
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  Speaker 1: Listen, you have made a statement for the world to see.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations taking the stage in the biggest way in the session,
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  Speaker 1: boss of already get in w and advancing it Rowling, Gary,
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  Speaker 1: thank you. When you have a Cinderella, you also have
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  Speaker 1: the other side. Fritz tough last year again lost to
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  Speaker 1: Altmeyer in the first round. Now to Basaf already. You
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  Speaker 1: know he's gonna get better. The knee ten tonights is
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  Speaker 1: gonna go away. He got the rest, but