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With a new roof on its main court, new dates and few fans, this year’s French Open is a world away from last year’s French Open.
Friday only deepened the feeling.
While the reigning women’s champion Ashleigh Barty was hoisting a beer and jumping out of her seat in far-off Brisbane at an Australian rules football match, Simona Halep, the favorite to succeed her, was crushing any suspense out of a rematch at Roland Garros.
The opponent was the American teenager Amanda Anisimova.