Unusual French Open conditions will help Halep, says Navratilova

[ASFN Admin]

The French Open's rescheduled dates will work in favour of top-seeded Romanian Simona Halep, who is fresh and confident going into the claycourt Grand Slam in Paris, tennis great Martina Navratilova said on Saturday. Halep had a brilliant build-up to this year's French Open, picking up titles in Prague and Rome, and arrived in Paris on a 14-match unbeaten streak dating back to her triumph in Dubai before the professional circuit closed. This year the French Open, which is usually played in May-June, has been rescheduled to start on Sunday due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the conditions likely to be colder, heavier and slower than in the spring.

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