Roland Garros / French Open [Women] - Grand Slam

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DATE: September 27 - October 10, 2020
SURFACE: Clay
PRIZE MONEY: €18,209,040
FIELD SIZE: 128
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Ashleigh Barty

Seeds:

1. Simona Halep
2. Karolina Pliskova
3. Elina Svitolina
4. Sofia Kenin
5. Kiki Bertens
6. Serena Williams
7. Petra Kvitova
8. Aryna Sabalenka
9. Johanna Konta
10. Victoria Azarenka
11. Garbine Muguruza
12. Madison Keys
13. Petra Martic
14. Elena Rybakina
15. Marketa Vondrousova
16. Elise Mertens
17. Anett Kontaveit
18. Angelique Kerber
19. Alison Riske
20. Maria Sakkari
21. Jennifer Brady
22. Karolina Muchova
23. Yulia Putintseva
24. Dayana Yastremska
25. Amanda Anismova
26. Donna Vekic
27. Ekaterina Alexandrova
28. Svetlana Kuznetsova
29. Sloane Stephens
30. Ons Jabeur
31. Magda Linette
32. Barbora Strycova

The Tournament:

A French national tournament has been held since 1891. For some time it was open only to French citizens, or members of French clubs. In 1925, it was opened to international amateurs, and in 1968 it was the first Grand Slam event to go "open," allowing amateurs and professionals to compete. It has always been played on clay.

About Paris:

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TV Coverage:

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Canada:
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Brazil:
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North-Africa & Middle East:
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Sub-Saharan Africa:
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China:
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Japan:
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Australia:
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New Zealand:
Sky

South Korea:
JTBC

 

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[MargaretMcAleer]

Belinda Bencic a late withdrawal.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Some interesting first round matches.

J.Konta vs C.Gauff
S.Williams vs K.Ahn
A.Kontaveit vs C.Garcia
A.Sabalenka vs Pegula
E. Rybakina vs S. Cirstea.

Note that E.Rybakina is playing in the ladies final at Strasbourg on Saturday 26/9/2020.

 

[Andy22]

the great thing about this years women's french open is NO SJW Marxist osaka its going to be great much better than us open I hope S.williams wins.

 

[Hoergren]

Clara Tauson one of the qualifiers

 

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[MargaretMcAleer]

Biggest upset in day 1 Coco Gauff d No 9th seed Johanna Konta last year's s/finalist 63 63.Well done Coco!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Nice to see Aussie Daria Gavrilova who has been out of tennis with injury for nearly 1 year defeat D.Yastremska (24) 64 63.

 

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[Hoergren]

Remember if you want to watch RG and don't have an abo to a stream, then you can use this link (to a sort of backdoor) to a betting site's streaming

https://live-stream365.com/

Remember to press tennis - then you can see tennis matches played LIVE, at that moment (there is no schedule - which you have to find somewhere else). Quality as good as on the normal live channels - but mostly without commentators - which can be a relief from time to time. Enjoy RG 2020.

Schedule can be found on sites like this - where you can find how far they have got in the schedule - and if it's live. Scroll down to WTA RG

https://www.sofascore.com/tennis/2020-09-28

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Serena is through 7-6, 6-0. Very night and day in the sets. At least, she fought hard to keep this a 2 set affair. 2nd round should be a good test.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Serena is through 7-6, 6-0. Very night and day in the sets. At least, she fought hard to keep this a 2 set affair. 2nd round should be a good test.

Serena gets to play Pironkova again

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Upset of the day is the Polish teenager Iga Swiatek great talent,defeated last year's French Open finialist Marketa Vondrousova (15th seed) in straight sets 61 62.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Phew! 2016 champion Muguruza comes back from being 0-3 down in the 3rd set to defeat Tamara Zidansek 75 46 86.

 

[Jelenafan]

Upset of the day is the Polish teenager Iga Swiatek great talent,defeated last year's French Open finialist Marketa Vondrousova (15th seed) in straight sets 61 62.

Based on that scoreline was Vondrousova injured?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Based on that scoreline was Vondrousova injured?

No, she was simply outplayed.

 

[Jelenafan]

3-6, 3-6
Yike, Angie Kerber really doesn't like playing on red clay.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Goodness me Kerber has now lost in the first rd for the fourth time in five years at RG, she was defeated by Kaja Juvan 63 63.
Quite frankly her game is suited to clay,it is the one GS she has not won,does not look she will be winning it any time soon.

 

[don_fabio]

Keys also lost and Muchova too. Muguruza barely won, tought she was in a good form but really struggled against a weak opponent.