Petra Kvitova
Petra Kvitova (Image: twitter)
The 29 year old Czech lady seems to have recovered her old form after a series of injuries that affected her game. Already a finalist at Melbourne, winner at Stuttgart, Kvitova is one of the firm favorites at Paris.
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The two times Wimbledon Champion came so close to winning her 1st Hard Court Major this year in Australian only to be denied by an in form Naomi Osaka. At Roland Garros, she managed to reach the semifinals in 2012 but has never gone beyond 4th round since then.
With form and fitness in her favor the World Number 5 is expected to put a much better show this year. She would be hungry to put a 3rd Slam in her tally.
Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka (Image: facebook)
The Japanese superstar has been taking the tennis world by storm in last 10 months. She has managed to win back to back Grand Slams at the US Open and Australian Open as well as rise to the top of WTA rankings.
Clay however is not Osaka’s strong surface. She did manage to reach the Quarter finals at Madrid and Rome this year. In Rome she had to retire even before the start of the match due to injury.
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Naomi’s best show at Roland Garros has been 3rd round in 2016 and 2018. This year however she is expected to go deep into the tournament and even try to lift the cup if she finds her form and motivation in time.
Kiki Bertens
Kiki Bertens (Image: Youtube)
The 27 year old Dutch Woman is in the form of her life. She has been in the form of her life as she enters Paris in quest of her maiden Grand Slam trophy. Bertens has been the best player during the clay swing this year.
A winner at Madrid this year, where she dispatched Simona Halep in straight sets, Bertens also reached the semifinal at Rome, where so lost to Johanna Konta.
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Kiki has already managed to reach the French Open semifinal in 2016 and will be hungry to better the result this year.
Simona Halep
Simona Halep (Image: twitter)
The Romanian may have lost her World Number 1 ranking but she certainly has not lost her flair to play on clay. Halep is still the best female player on clay currently and deserves to be the number 1 favorite to defend her title this year at Roland Garros.
Halep’s main strength on clay is her movement and her mastery in the baseline game. The World Number 3 has had a little disappointing clay season so far.
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She managed to reach the final in Madrid, where she ran into an in form Kiki Bertens but lost in the 1st round in Rome.
Halep however can take confidence in her history at Roland Garros. She is a 2 time finalist here and also was able to lift the trophy in 2018. We expect her to repeat her last year’s showing in 2019.