Roland Garros

 Championnats Internationaux de France de Tennis

So here we are. The last GS of the year and it's Roland Garros. In autumn! I know! Already we are bracing for two cold damp weeks ahead. Who's gonna feel like a fish in water? Everybody is speculating wildly. All this because of the shit.

It's the B(o)urg week!

 WTA Strasbourg; ATP Hamburg

Week before Roland Garros! In September! Yeah... the shit... Anyway, we have a Mickey Mouse tournament for the women and a stronger one for the men; but both were moved from their normal calendar slots. Both on clay (naturally), and both have pretty impressive draws, because some folks hate Rome but had to get some clay matches before the French Open (Frenchies hate it when you call it that... they go "Non, zees iz no FO, zees is Rrrrroland Garrrrros!").

Clay season? Well... yeah.

Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome

Here we are, clay season after USO. Weird. Also we have an ATP Masters 1000 and a WTA Premier 5 right after a GS. Expect more weird stuff to happen.

Still bubbling, but some want clay

USO, Week 2; ATP Kitzbuhel; WTA Istanbul

So in this weird year (because of the shit) the ATP and the WTA decided to give some options for those that didn't travel to the USO. And given that we're gonna have RG soon, they naturally opted for some clay prep. These tournaments are moved from their regular weeks in the calendars to the 2nd week of USO.