On May 24, 2015, Sunday, Paris, the French Open officially kicked off at Roland-Garros. The defending singles champions are Nadal and Sharapova respectively, with 128 men and women in singles Players are about to launch an impact towards the second Grand Slam championship trophy this year.
Among the four Grand Slams, the particularity of the French Open can be seen everywhere. For example, this is the only event that starts on Sunday, and the entire event will last for 15 days; the other three Grand Slams all start on Mondays, and the cycle of events is held It is fourteen days, and the schedule can see the difference in seats.
The reason is very simple and very intuitive:
laterite.
The game rhythm, average time, etc. on hard courts are relatively fast, while the average time on clay courts is another level.
Moreover, Paris in May is in the transition zone between spring and summer, and it often rains. Sudden showers or heavy rain often disrupt the progress of the game.
If the heavy rain occurs in the first week of the event, it will be even more of a disaster, which will easily lead to a large number of event schedules, so that some players may need to play double games in one day, and players who have both singles and doubles may even need three games a day. The difficulty and torture of going to the clay court competition, and the devilish degree of the schedule can be imagined.
In history, the French Open, which was supposed to decide the men's singles champion on Sunday afternoon and end the event, has been delayed until Monday due to unexpected circumstances more than once.
The closest to now is 2012.
At that time, Djokovic was chasing his first French Open championship and completing the feat of winning four consecutive Grand Slams. On the final stage, he faced his old opponent Nadal, who had won seven consecutive victories, and the latter was chasing his first. Eight French Open champions, trying to surpass Bjorn Borg to become the player who has won the most French Open championships in history.
In the fourth set of the game, Nadal led by a big score of "2:1", but Djokovic started to fight back from the third set and once won eight games in a row, which not only forced Nadal to lose the first place in that tournament. Set, but also "2:0" lead in the fourth set.
Then Nadal struggled to keep his serve to stop the losing streak. At this time, the rain interrupted the final for the third time, and because it was getting late, the event organizer announced that the game was postponed to Monday.
Fighting again the next day, Nadal regained his form, came from behind to win the fourth set, and defeated Djokovic with a total score of "3:1" to become the champion.
After the game, people naturally put forward a bold hypothesis. If there is no continuous rain interference, if the game is finished on Sunday, will the result be the same?
It's not the first time, and it won't be the last—
Of course, later the French Open completed fundraising and obtained the permission of the city hall to cover the two stadiums to ensure that the game would not be interrupted or even postponed due to natural conditions such as rain and nightfall. The event was postponed until Monday. The situation was largely avoided.
However, in the first week of the Grand Slam tournament, the small court with no roof on the outfield is the protagonist, and weather interference is still a part that cannot be ignored.
In order to alleviate this predicament slightly, the French Open has always insisted on moving the schedule of the event one day forward, starting from the previous Sunday.
It is precisely because of this that the arrangement of the first week of the French Open is the most special—
The schedules of the other three Grand Slams often follow the corresponding rules. For example, on Monday, the upper half of the men’s singles and the lower half of the women’s singles; on Tuesday, the upper half of the women’s singles and the lower half of the men’s singles, everything is There are traces to follow, and after the draw comes out, the audience can complete the judgment.
But the French Open is not the only Grand Slam in which the first round is evenly distributed over three days.
Of course, such a unique schedule also ensures the balance of the French Open's schedule—
Including the Big Four, Serena Williams, Sharapova and other top superstars, they can be evenly distributed in three match days.
At the same time, the host player's game can also get more opportunities to stand under the spotlight.
In addition, for players who need to play on Wednesday, the game will be arranged on Monday or Tuesday. This is also the only clue about the schedule after the draw.
Everything is for the box office.
This year, as usual, the French Open announced the schedule and venue arrangement for the first three days on Saturday afternoon, which successfully aroused heated discussions among reporters and netizens.
Like Melbourne Park, Roland Garros has three large stadiums and 20 smaller stadiums, but compared to Melbourne, Paris has been under tremendous economic pressure, whether it is adding a roof or expanding the stadium, They've all been running into a lot of problems.
Currently, Roland Garros is building a brand new stadium. Due to the limited space available, it is not a large stadium, but a medium-sized stadium with a capacity of 5,000 people. However, after completion, this stadium will still become a new landscape for the French Open.
The three large courts at this stage are Philippe Chattier Stadium, Susan Langlen Stadium and No. 1 Court, among which Philippe Chattier, the largest center court, and Rod Laver of the Australian Open Like Hall Stadium, it can accommodate up to 15,000 spectators and is undoubtedly the jewel in the crown.
The opening game of this year's French Open will be played by last year's runner-up Halep—
At this point, I am afraid that some people will be confused, why Halep?
Not to question Halep, after all, she is also the third seed this year, but besides her, there are obviously more suitable choices, but Halep?
But if it is the French Open, everything seems to be taken for granted:
Halep's first-round opponent, Evgeniya-Rodina, is from France.
There is no doubt that in any event, the host players will receive preferential treatment at home, and the four Grand Slams are no exception. The host players can often enter large stadiums to get more opportunities to show; but the other three Grand Slams are not as good as the French Open Come boldly and directly, even naked—
Other grand slams will also consider rankings and past records~www.mtlnovel.com~ Otherwise, it seems unreasonable to arrange an unknown host qualifier or wild card player to board the center court; but There is no French Open, just roll up your sleeves and act recklessly, everything is just a cloud.
Therefore, in the French Open, you can often see some incredible schedules. When some French players enter the three large stadiums, even the local audience is full of question marks, "Who".
What's interesting is that the local audience doesn't care, as long as they are host players, they will give unconditional support, and they don't give any face to those high-ranking popular superstars. I have to say that in Roland Garros, there is no big four. How easy it is to use.
What's more, Rodina is playing against the No. 3 seed, so the schedule is arranged like this.
It is conceivable that controversy is predictable.
(end of this chapter)
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