Even those who played deep into the U.S. Open and are still in the Roland Garros field know that there will be tough days ahead. Then it moves to Europe for the clay court season in April, culminating with the French Open, which finishes in early June. One week, the world’s top players were navigating the hard and fast courts of the U.S. Open. Days later, they were slogging through clay court tournaments in Italy and Germany to tune up for Roland Garros. “Definitely was a super tough turnaround,” said Taylor Fritz, who lost in the third round at the U.S. Open, and has now won twice in Paris.

Source: International New York Times September 30, 2020 21:22 UTC