For all the upsets and anticipated match-ups that collapsed, the faves remain. Halep, Nadal, Djokovic, Thiem have been COVID-tested, but not match-tested.
Without fans and during a cooler, gloomier time in Paris, is the 2020 French Open falling flat? How are players handling the quick transition from the U.S. Open in New York, to clay-court lead-up tournaments, to the dirt in Paris? Which players are impressing so far? That and more in this week's Mailbag.