2019 Roland Garros Preview
What's about to happen? Pssht. No idea. There are things in life that we hope for passionately, desperately, and perhaps a little foolishly, since we know the likelihood of such hopes coming true are quite slim. One such hope is that the 2019 French Open Women’s Championship does not end up like Rome. If that “tournament”, which saw 7 players-- including Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, and Petra Kvitova-- withdraw, AND Johanna Konta make the final, is an omen of what’s to come in the year’s second slam then Lord help us all, we’re in for quite a bit of fuckery. Overall, the clay season so far has largely been uneventful and even *gasp* predictable-- a word not commonly used to describe the tour these days. Those who have have been historically successful on clay (Simona Halep, Kiki Bertens, Kvitova) had their moments, with only a few surprises (and many withdrawals) thrown in. There were no memorable matches. No (truly) stunning upsets. No real development of (worthwhi