French Open Day 7 - Gauff falls, so who’s in the title Mix now?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2026
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Catherine, David and Matt review yet another dramatic day at Roland Garros, headlined by defeat for defending champion Coco Gauff to Anastasia Potapova.
Part one - Women’s draw. We discuss how Gauff’s loss unfolded, the extraordinary level and resilience of Potapova, and where this leaves Gauff going into the grass court season. Plus, all the talking points from Amanda Anisimova’s loss to Diane Parry, including #sneezegate, and a look ahead to Naomi Osaka’s blockbuster clash with Aryna Sabalenka. How much chance does Osaka have? Could it possibly be night session?
Part two - Men’s draw (40:56) We get stuck into the wave of marathon matches, including emotional wins for Matteo Berrettini and Juan Manuel Cerundolo, as well as a massive opportunity for Francisco Cerundolo against Zachary Svajda. The only guy to win in straight sets was Flavio Cobolli. How far can he go?
Part three - Redoing The Mix after a week of carnage and a Day 8 preview, including Swiatek vs Kostyuk and Ruud vs Fonseca (1:08:24).
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:13.2 | It is day seven of the French Open. |
| 0:16.0 | We three are back at tennis podcast towers. |
| 0:18.9 | And Paris Saint-Germain have just won the Champions League. |
| 0:22.1 | So if you can hear the distant sounds of honking and fireworks, that is what is going on. |
| 0:28.4 | Pray for us trying to get to sleep later this evening. |
| 0:31.7 | We are coming to you at 10.15 here in part one of the show. |
| 0:35.3 | And at this very moment, with just two matches still to be completed across the men's and women's order of play today, there have been only three straight sets matches. Get this. There have been more deciding set tie breaks than there have been straight sets matches today. |
| 0:58.5 | David Law promised a humdinger and the French Open delivered. |
| 1:04.6 | I got a prediction right. |
| 1:07.6 | I mean, it is three of the most astonishing days in a row. |
| 1:13.5 | And really, after Ciner goes out and all that went on there, |
| 1:17.5 | and then Jockovich and Fonseca and all we had yesterday, |
| 1:21.3 | the drama we've had in matches, okay, |
| 1:23.9 | maybe not all with the household names of those two, |
| 1:26.7 | but people just lay in their dreams on |
| 1:29.2 | the line and their bodies on the line and and just pushing the limits it's just being extraordinary |
| 1:37.0 | today and it is like matches are contagious after a while we saw it at the dud slam the crappy slam in Australia when everything was rubbish, back to back. And here it's the opposite. |
| 1:50.0 | Yeah, it's mayhem. It's absolute mayhem. Today's been the day where the women's draw were like, oh, we can do upsets too. |
| 1:58.6 | And the men's draw has thought, well, you know, let's move on to everyone playing for five |
| 2:04.5 | hours or pushing six hours. |
| 2:06.9 | I mean, it's just been so much to keep up with. |
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