The main clay-court season is officially underway, and this time around it is particularly unclear how the dust might settle. No one else has won 11 French Open singles titles, and the rational assumption is that no one else ever will. But the women’s game is in a wondrous state of flux, with 14 different champions in the season’s first 14 tournaments. “It’s by far the most wide-open field as far as I can remember,” Chris Evert, the former No. 1 and a seven-time French Open champion, said in an interview Tuesday.

Source: New York Times April 04, 2019 09:00 UTC