Google News Roland Garros 2020: Iga Swiatek vs Nadia Podoroska's highlights
by LORENZO CIOTTI
Finally here is the time for the Roland Garros 2020 (from 27 September to 11 October 2020), the 119th edition of the Open Era, on the clay-courts of Bois the Boulogne. This year, however, there are many doubts and threats regarding the tournament.
The Global Pandemic of Covid-19 is spreading again throughout the country, necessitating new lockdowns and new health containment measures to further prevent the rise of infections. For the French Open, in the summer, there were many hopes of getting the crowd back: at least 11,000 people a day were expected in the summer, which increased to 5,000 towards the beginning of September.
Now it could only be 1000 or something more. The most important novelties of this edition are obviously the retractable roof on the Philippe Chatrier and the lights, which will allow you to play indoor matches in the evening session.
There will be the conditions to play under the roof, and, so, indoor: what players could benefit of these new facilities? This will be a very unique edition, also because they will play in Autumn. Iga Swiatek reached at 19 years-old her first final in a Slam event.
She did it by beating the Argentinian Nadia Podoroska in straight sets, with the final score of 6-2 6-1, dominating the meeting and getting a great goal. Now she will face the winner of the Australian Open Sofia Kenin for the throne of the Parisian Slam.