French Open Roof Falls

Open quarter finalist borna coric struggled for rhythm on the parisian clay as he committed 46 unforced errors in a 6 4 3 6 6 3 6 4 defeat by slovakia s.

French open roof falls.

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The pandemic forced the shift of the french open at roland garros from may to late september making the completion of a new roof over philippe chatrier court the largest stadium at the paris. The retractable roof on philip chatrier takes around fifteen minutes to close and covers a surface area of 1 hectare. What was billed as an opening day classic between two old warriors turned into a damp squib as stan wawrinka crushed andy murray 6 1 6 3 6 2 at the french open on sunday. Open runner up zverev who had not played on clay since last year trailed 4 1 in the opening set before he turned the screw on court philippe chatrier whose roof remained open.

Open runner up alexander zverev overcame a slow start to launch his french open challenge with a 7 5 6 2 6 4 victory over austrian dennis novak on sunday u s. The time required to close french open 2020 roof. The decision to close the roof will rest with the tournament referee. 1650 coric falls at first hurdle u s.

Paris reuters gone are the queues of spectators and gone is the sun as the french open kicked off in underwhelming fashion on sunday with persistent drizzle and a chill wind sweeping the.