With the 2019 French Open set to kick off Monday in London (6 a.m. ET), SI's tennis experts and writers Jon Wertheim, Stanley Kay, and Daniel Rapaport pick winners, discuss this year's top storylines, highlight must-watch matches and more.
Biggest takeaway from the albeit short grass-court season lead-up to Wimbledon?
Jon Wertheim: I’ll attack the premise (and try to answer in the process.) Is there even such a thing as a grass-court season? As far as playing strategy, the jury is sequestered. The list of the players taking a hard pass on the tune-ups grows each year.