I love this time of year. The French Open tennis tournament is my favorite of the Grand Slam tournaments. I love it because I feel that the athletes that win it have superior skills compared to those that cannot win it. This is because of the clay surface that it is played on.
Clay surfaces slow the ball down and produces a high bounce in comparison to the grass and hard surface courts. It takes a special set of skills to win this and many of the world’s greatest tennis players cannot attain this championship.
As of 2007, the last 8 French Open men’s singles champions were won by men that did not win any other Grand Slam tournaments.
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