The French Open kicks off today! Here's one writer's preview on who and what to keep an eye on for the tournament.
A mere eight months after last year’s COVID-delayed installment, the 2021 French Open tennis tournament kicks off today at Roland Garros with a limited number of fans and—at the beginning, at least—no fans at night sessions due to a COVID curfew. Here’s who—and what—to keep an eye on:she’s done with post-match press conferences
Let’s put that aside, though, and restrict our focus, for the time being, to on-court matters. Clay—the surface upon which the French is played—is, simply, not Osaka’s favorite surface. Though she’s the reigning US Open and Australian Open champion, and boasts two other Slam titles, none of them were on clay.
Bold prediction: Watch Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, seeded third. Aside from seeming to peak at the right time—she just beat Barty in the finals in Madrid—she’s got the kind of draw that would seem to favor her . Sabalenka plays hard, goes for the big points, and is generally a gutsy joy to watch—provided she doesn’t get in her own way with unforced errors.
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