The French Tennis Federation was expected to announce yesterday (8) that the next grand-slam event –the French Open– will be delayed by a week because of the tougher Covid-19 measures announced by President Macron last week.
The delay will shift the event from a 23 May start to a 30 May start, and return the calendar to the old two-week gap between Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
A more comfortable three-week interval has been the norm since 2015.