As the French Open begins Sunday, the men's field is more open than it has been in 20 years, while the women's seems anything but. Our experts make predictions.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic hasn't won a tournament this season, but will be chasing a record 25th Grand Slam title in Paris. pick the greatest clay-court player in history, and because there are too many question marks surrounding the real favorites on the men's side.Do I really think Nadal can win his 15th Roland Garros title? No, but Nadal for 20 years has done countless things I thought not possible.
The fact that Nadal is unseeded is wild, as is the fact that he is playing Zverev in the first round. I think it will be two tournaments: The first week, we'll see how many top seeds get through, and then a second-week tournament from there. There might be good opportunities for, or anyone else hoping that the top tier slips up at some point and gives you a shot at an actual Slam title, your odds might be as good right now as they've been in quite a while . Now's your chance.
I'm not picking any of those guys, however. If Sinner hadn't hurt his hip, I'd have kept riding that wave. Instead, I'll give this Djokovic guy a shot. I hear he's pretty good in best-of-five matches.This has to be the most open field in a while. Sinner comes into this recovering from his hip injury, Nadal could yet roll back the stone, Djokovic could end up sweeping the field, and then there's Alcaraz, who's recovering from an arm injury.
So, I'm instead going to pick Ruud, who has reached the Roland Garros final the past two years. He won the title in Barcelona this year and reached the final in Monte Carlo. He would need to get past Djokovic in the quarters, but he beat him in Monte Carlo for the first time in six tries and now knows he can.Swiatek will win her fourth Roland Garros.
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