French Open Roof Falls

1650 coric falls at first hurdle u s.

French open roof falls.

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. Dan evans hopes of a run at the french open ended with a battling first round five set defeat to former world no 4 kei nishikori on the opening day of the tournament. Nadal falls out of love with french open but still courting attention spaniard s unhappiness with heavy balls and slow courts means djokovic is fancied to take advantage at roland garros. 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 time required to close french open 2020 roof. The exclusive home of roland garros tennis delivering live scores schedules draws players news photos videos and the most complete coverage of the 2020 roland garros tournament. 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. 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.

The retractable roof on philip chatrier takes around fifteen minutes to close and covers a surface area of 1 hectare. The decision to close the roof will rest with the tournament referee. Tennis grand slam circuit switches its focus to paris following the australian open but roland garros will have a different look for this year. It consists of 11 trusses each weighing 330 metric.

Moreover it will be an option only when it is raining.