What Did I Just Watch

0:00 Don't remember last time I felt this weak. >> Roland Garus is officially cursed. In 2009, Raphael Nadal came in as the largest favorite in slam history. He had never been beaten to this tournament and he finally went on to receive his first exit from Roland Garos in the fourth round. 17 years later, Yanix has entered the same tournament as the second largest favorite in slam history. He came in on a 29match winning streak. He had not lost on Clay all year. And then as soon as the second round, we have seen Yanuk SA exit. This has been one of the weirdest tournaments I think we've seen in a very long time. And what makes it even weirder is Yanuka did not drop out to a Verv or a Dookovic or an Alcarez reincarnate. He lost to Sarandelo and not this Serelo, the other Sarandelo. And I don't say that to poke fun at one Manuel Serelo. I say that because context matters. If you looked at the match, SA was leading two sets, 5-1 up in the third, and then completely capitulated. And I don't think it's exactly because Sundelo started playing like the second coming of Jesus. I think it's because SA literally cannot handle the heat. This was an absolute car crash that you simply could not look away from. Two sets up, 5-1 in the third, four bites of the cherry to close it out. And instead of doing so, he found himself staring down just an absolute tragic falloff. And to put it into context about how bad the run from 51 up was, if we remove the entirety of the match up until that point, if we just hypothetically say that Sundelo and Yanik started the match from that point, Sundelo won 18 of 20 games from that point onwards. And that means Sundelo beat Yanuk 61616 love or 62 6 love 6 love, which is absolutely bananas.

1:44 Yanick was out there walking around like a zombie. It was honestly hard to watch. For that to be the way that a 30 match win streak comes to an end is pretty underwhelming. It's pretty anticlimactic. It's not a battle in the final where, you know, Zera finally shows form or Jovich turns back the clock. A new upandcomer finally gets his first win over the world number one. No, it was literally SA losing to SA and the Heat in Pari. Oh, it's just you wouldn't write it. You know, if you're writing a story, you wouldn't say that's how you you'd want it to happen. But what that has done now is blown the entire draw open. And now there is only four top 10 players left in the third round. We haven't even made it past the third round yet. There's only four of them left. Pretty remarkable. It's been 25 years since a world number one has lost this early at Roland Garos. Now both SA and Rafael Nadal, two of the largest favorites entering the tournament, have both lost. I feel like that's not a coincidence. That has to be some sort of pattern. Maybe the the heat in par the the the pressure of it all who knows but it's clearly gotten to SA and that guy who said that SA had a dream he was on to something Martin Luther King him so SA even mentioned that he just completely hit a wall like if you look at him out there he was basically not even moving and for the first time in history I think we saw Yanek literally servant volleying I did a deep dive on this a few videos back but SA in the 2025 final last year didn't serve and volley once against Alcarez and they played a ton ton of points in five sets, but this time he was actually approaching the net and that is just pointing towards how bad it was for Yanuk. But it's a massive kudos to one Manuel Serlo. But besides that, there was a ton of other matches that were super super super super cool. Number one thing isQwaame. What an absolute unit.

3:30 This was definitely the match of the round. Just an absolute beast. This guy for context is 17, but not just 17. He is freshly 17. He's like 17 and a month years old. and he's now won two main draws at Roland Garos. Not only did he win his second main draw, he won it in a fifth set tie break. Do you know how much balls that takes for a young kid like that to be able to pull through in those moments? That is absolutely amazing. And then in the fifth set was a break down, broke back, ended up in the fifth set tie break. It was dramatic all the way up to the end. Five love in the tie break.

4:03 went up, found himself 76 down somehow and then all of a sudden was able to clutch up, play a ton of good points and won at 108. He won it with a servant foley and I think that shows a lot of maturity for a 17-year-old in that moment to know it's time to go to the net. It's time to put the pressure on and close it out. That is very reassuring. You know, we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves here, but there's a really good chance that this guy is going to be the third man up or potentially even challenge the two guys at the top of the mountain. We'll have to see. The other big match from the round was learner team. Holy guacamole.

4:33 Another massive comeback from this guy. Two sets to one down and found himself a breakdown and staring at defeat. Gave Diaz two match point opportunities which team say both was able to clutch up, take it to a fifth and ran away from it from there. For context, Leonard Tienne before this year only had one clay court win. He's now won six in a row. Looking like the second coming of Nadal. So, we'll have to see what happens. Landoo had a another huge comeback. He found himself staring at defeat against Capria. Somehow rallied back in very anti-s fashion like Capria did a sinner.

5:07 The other sundalo got through in four. TFO came through in a battle against her couch. Just an absolute serving display. Holy moly. Three tie breaks and TFO was able to get it done. Kabali threw in straits. Beritini got through against Ring Dignesh. Kolong straight seted Shelton. Arnoldi beats Cissipass and that is just rubbing the salt in the sissipass wound of his fault because Clay is obviously one of his better surfaces and he has just not been able to bring it back. Dary dropped off to Komasa. That is very impressive. There's a lot of Argentinians honestly maybe more Argentinians than almost any other country. That is really impressive.

5:39 Fonka and Jojovic still remains to be the standout in the third round. Kaame against Tibilo will be interesting because Tibilo had a walkover. He's going to come in fresh andame obviously had an absolute battle. the other sorelo against a lander loose and the interesting thing here is sundalo beat the world number one but it's probably going to go on and lose now that's just like the way things go kabali against teen is it going to be another banger as well I think whoever wins that is fit for a good charge towards the later stages but optimally now it is an open draw who is going to win obviously for Zerv it is the biggest golden opportunity he will probably get in his entire career and that might just be the problem because it's staring hit him in the face. It's his to win now. And maybe that's going to put way too much pressure on it. Jovoic could turn back the clock. He could say, "Look at this.

6:27 My two biggest rivals are out. I feel like I can beat anyone else in the draw and I'm ready to go and make even more history than I already have." As far as the draw goes, the top half is completely cooked. I think a fair projected quarterfinal would be Bitini and Alnaldi, a big Italian bash. Another quarterfinal projection could be Oraim and then Francisco Sarandelo, but there is also Teen and Cabali sitting in there as well. But the bottom half is clearly starting to be the standout here.

6:53 Jovovich, Rudlev, Rude, and Zver. The caveat that Jovovic can get through FSA. Yeah, man. This tournament just got a whole lot weirder. And uh if Zerv doesn't win here, God help him because it's his best chance. I don't know. Let's hope something happens. Let's just hope something happens. You know what I mean? So, Sid is now gone. The draw has been absolutely gutted. Zerv's got the cleanest path he's ever had. There is a lot of people standing in the way. If I had to pick one person, maybe I'll pick Beritini. I reckon that would be so funny. I reckon that'd be hilarious.

7:23 Baritini. Imagine that. There is also a hypothetical chance. Maybe Rudlev gets in. Maybe thisqaame guy goes all the way. Could you imagine that? That would be the most insane thing. I think the coolest thing to see would be like aqaame or a team Hodar to win. But if Jovoic goes out, there is no other slam champion in the draw, which means we'll get a completely newie. I think the positive outlook here is now that S is gone, it's all surprises from here. I think SA obviously was the go-to guy. It seemed like a very straightforward thing and now he's gone. What the hell is going to happen now? We'll have to find out.

7:53 >> Not the better in my in my head. Just happened this day. I was better this day and of course I'm happy for it.