Overview
- Sinner completed the Career Golden Masters with the Italian Open title, a rare sweep of all nine Masters 1000 events that helps explain his favorite status in Paris.
- Alcaraz pulled out of the French Open due to injury before play began, taking out one of the few players viewed as a real threat.
- Casper Ruud, beaten 6-4, 6-4 in the Rome final, said Sinner’s peak level feels unreachable for most of the field.
- Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli warned against assuming the result, citing Novak Djokovic’s 2011 run into Paris that ended with a loss to Roger Federer.
- Potential challengers look uncertain as Novak Djokovic lost his only clay match this season in Rome and recent clay standouts Arthur Fils and Rafael Jodar were beaten.