Carlos Alcaraz (L) and Coco Gauff (R) are two of the candidates who raised the title of the French Open. (Getty Images/AP) For many years, the French Open had predictability to him. For the better or for the worse, Rafael Nadalin the men’s field and Iga Swiatle in the female field were safe bets. They both had stellar records to justify this billing. Nadal won 14 titles in Roland Garros (2005-2008; 2010-2014; 2017-2020; 2022), while Swiatus triumphed four years in a row (2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024). The Spaniard dominated the red clay more than any in the history of sport and 112-4 records. Still not convinced? He reached the final 14 times, won them all.The Swiatlek government was a shorter period of time, yet it was equally impressive with four titles in five years, including the last three. Among the active players has the best percentage of victory in Roland Garros (35-2; 94.6%) and won in 2020 without dropping the set.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!Now that the French Open begins 25. May, things are not so crystal clean cut. 38 -year -old Nadal retired and will be at Philippe Chatrier Court on Sunday just for a ceremonial farewell. Last year he bowed to the fact that his injury was suppressed by the body, which had already worked on the grind of sport. His latest performance French Open was the defeat of Alexander Zverev and Roland Garros Adieu, a few weeks later at the Olympic Games in Paris and lost with Novak Djokovic in singles, followed by a doubling next to Carlos Alcaraz.
“There are 20 different people that you wouldn’t be surprised if they eventually won the tournament,” said Madison Keys, whose first main trophy came to the Australian Open in January. “Part of this is that of course we have lost some of our legends. As in any draw, Serena Williams is no longer anymore, where you just assume he will win.”The Polish Swiatle has taken over this cloak from Serena, at least in Paris, in the last five years. This cannot be said this time.Since she won the title last year, she did not achieve the finals, let alone win the tournament. The fifth seed has less than flattering Claycourt swing in preparation. She lost in Stuttgart in the quarterfinals, was hammered with a double bread from Coco Gauffa in Madrid and the same descriptive show against Danielle Collins in Rome.Outside the court, Swiato had the same time. In the doping case, the Swiatle was basically cleaned, but served a strange timed suspension.This brings us to the word “D”, which clenched the sport more than in court tennis. SWIIATEK now on the world No. 5 – Breeding Aryna Sabalenko, Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Jasmine Paolini – and Men’s World No. 1 Jannik Sinner were punished in different and equally special ways. The Italian served a three -month ban at the beginning of this year, although it was cleaned by the illegal management of the sport management body.After winning the Australian Open, Sinner reached an agreement with the world anti -doping agency that appealed against 23 years of liberation. This meant he won his third main title in Melbourne, went to the three -month -old hiatus just to return to the Italian open in Rome, where he finished the runners on Carlos Alcaraz.Alcaraz was asked to the complexity of the doping world and as an example that said “sounded like Chinese”. But what doesn’t sound like a foreign language is the desire to win the fifth major and the second in a row in Paris. His muscle problems in both legs seemed to have become a thing of the past if the final of Rome was a hint. Yet, despite his similarities and wishes to pick up the tire from Odal, it is not a locking like his idol.This brings us to other candidates, such as a triple significant finalist Alexander Zverev, including the last four in Roland Garros in the last four straight editions. The title in Munich was an inconsistent German performance in the Tuning Events.Speaking of titles, Novak Djokovic, who was looking for his 25 again. Major, gained his 100. Trophic ATP in Geneva and joined the list leading Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer. His first title since winning the Gold Medal at the Paris Olympics last year only weakly masks his three matches losing a lane in front of him.“Type (a) new reality for me, I have to say. You know, you are trying to win a match or two without really thinking about getting into the tournament. It’s a completely different feeling than what I had in 20 or more years of professional tennis, so it’s for me to be for me in madness.“But that’s, I think, the circle of life and career. In the end, it happened. … Grand slams is a place where I really want to play the best tennis,” he added. “I’m not sure if I can do it in Roland-Garros, but I’ll do my best.”On the side of the women there is a field open in the middle of an unprecedented SWIIATEKA slump. The diversity of mastery tells the story – Jessica Pegula (Charleston), Jelena Ostapenko (Stuttgart), Aryna Sabalenka (Madrid) and Jasmine Paolini (Rome). Paolini became the eighth other player who reached the WTA 1000 final this season before his biggest career title.Sabalenka briefly dropped out of her best form after the surprise of the Australian Open Final Loss to Madison Keys before bouncing back with the open titles Miami and Madrid.“I’m really hungry and angry – angry in a good way, and I think the Australian Open finale eventually made me work even harder,” WTA said.“(It) explained to me that you have to work hard in the finals and you have to earn your victory. It was a good pressure for me.”The first final performance of Coco Gauffa in Madrid and Rome helped her return to the career of the world’s high No. 2, which gave her the second session for Paris. 21 -year -old woman, former runner Roland Garros, is waiting for her first title since last year’s WTA final.“Hopefully I can get to the final in Roland Garros and maybe it is” for the third time of luck “a real thing,” Gauff said after he lost Paolini in Rome.There are several dark horses on the WTA tour to win the title of their girl’s Grand Slam, nothing more impressive than Mirr Andreev.In February, it created history as the youngest WTA 1000 champion in Dubai, followed by an even more remarkable victory in Indian Wells. Now 18, Andreeva is a strong candidate in Paris and is striving to become the youngest champion of the Grand Slam by Maria Sharap in Wimbledon in 2004. She introduced her authorization on the clay by reaching the semi -finals of Roland Garros last year and Madrid quarterfinals.Another to be careful is the 22 -year -old Chinese Zheng Qinwen, hoping to replicate the form that took her to Olympic gold last summer in Roland Garros.
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