Roland Garros
Tennis Finals
The French Open, also known as Roland-Garros, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator Roland Garros.
Main Picks:
Iga Swiatek vs Jasmine Paolini
Swiatek 2-0 @1/4
Over 17.5 Games @5/6
As well as Jasmine Paolini has played in reaching her first Grand Slam final, it is just hard to look past Iga Swiatek. The Pole did come to within a whisker of defeat in the second round against Naomi Osaka, but otherwise she has been utterly untroubled in reaching fourth French Open final in five years. She has also won both her previous matches against Paolini, dropping just six games across two dominant straight-sets wins.
Paolini did play very well in the semifinals, dismissing Mirra Andreeva 6-3 6-1 and not looking remotely overawed by the occasion. But a semifinal is one thing, a Grand Slam final quite another and Andreeva is not Swiatek. Stranger things have happened, but frankly anything other that another straight-sets win for Swiatek would be a real surprise.
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