Two months ago, we wrote about feeling… what? Sheepish? Self-conscious? Silly?… talking tennis while Australia was burning. Oh, for those quaint days. In the midst of a global pandemic, little feels less relevant than handwringing over Nick Kyrgios or tennis’s alchemy of dysfunction and virtue.
And yet who among us couldn’t use some diversion, some continuation of ritual. While acknowledging the absurdity at a time like this, the Mailbag continues on. Let’s start with the biggest headline of the week so far: On Tuesday, the French Open announced that it has rescheduled the tournament to Sept. 20–Oct. 4.