We are down to four in the final Slam of 2020. And because of the virus, this unusual Slam season will end on the clay in the middle of October. But what won’t be unusual are the last four players left standing.

We witnessed some strange results in New York and especially so in the women’s draw this week in Paris, but the men’s event has largely gone to form.

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The final Grand Slam of the 2020 will feature to surprise participants playing for the French Open title.

Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin will meet the 54th-ranked Iga Swiatek on Saturday for their first clay title and of course the French Open.

Swiatek stayed red-hot dominating qualifier Nadia Podoroska 6-2, 6-1 in just 70 minutes.

“I’m kind of surprised! I never thought before the tournament I would play so well. But I …

Following his stunning default a month ago at the US Open, Novak Djokovic got another shot at Pablo Carreno Busta, this time in the French Open quarterfinals.

While Djokovic completed the match and won, dropping his first set of the event in a tougher-than-expected 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, the match wasn’t without drama.

Coming out on court, Djokovic had some kinesio tape on the back of his next, the same trouble …

Sofia Kenin and Petra Kvitova kept some form in the bottom half of the women’s draw. The two former Grand Slam winners will meet Thursday for a spot in their first French Open final.

Kvitova returned to a second Roland Garros semifinal after ousting German 32-year-old Laura Siegemund 6-3, 6-3.

Kvitova was never troubled in the match and hasn’t really be troubled in the event having not dropped a set (though Leylah …

In one of the best quarterfinal matches in French Open history, Diego Schwartzman reached his first career Grand Slam final, and he had to do it the hard way, the very hard way. The Argentine need five sets and five hours, eight minutes to upset good friend Dominic Thiem 7-6(1), 5-7, 6-7(6), 7-6(5), 6-2.

“Dominic is one of the best players right now in the world,” Schwartzman said on court. “Winning …

With maybe her best chance at a big Grand Slam breakthough, Elina Svitolina fell apart today against qualifier Nadia Podoroska in the quarterfinals at the French Open.

The Ukrainian who dates Frenchman Gael Monfils, couldn’t get anything going against the World No. 131 in a straight-forward 6-2, 6-4 loss.

The 23-year-old Podoroska had never won a Grand Slam main draw match until Paris.

“It’s difficult for me to speak after the match, but …

While the women’s draw has been decimated, the men’s draw has gone almost to form. Today, Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev and Pablo Carreno Busta all advanced to the quarters losing a combined one set.

Djokovic won his 35th match in 36 tries this year getting over on Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Djokovic fell behind a break early in the third only to recover for the easy win.

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After a Sunday of upsets, the fourth round concluded today in the women’s draw with the favorites getting through.

Former semifinalist Petra Kvitova cruised to her second French Open semifinalist besting Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-4. Afterward, the Czech broke down in tears having returned to the French three years ago after her winter stabbing.

“I wasn’t really the player who always ever succeed on the clay,” Kvitova said. “After eight years to …

Dominic Thiem became the first Top 3 seed to get tested Sunday at the French Open. The 2-time finalist hadn’t dropped a set en route what should have been an straightforward fourth round over French wildcard Hugo Gaston.

The but the 20-year-old Gaston, ranked No. 239, was playing the part nearly perfectly going down two sets. But then Thiem got aggravated with Gaston’s tactic of drop-shotting nearly every other point.

With the …

There will be a new French Open women’s champion crowed on Saturday. Today, the last former champion left in the field, Simona Halep, was destroyed by 19-year-old Iga Swiatek 6-1, 6-2 in just over an hour.

A year ago, it was Halep dropping just one game in a hammering of the Pole in 45 minutes, but today it was all Swiatek.

The youngster never faced a break point and smacked 30 winners …

Favorites Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev all won easy matches Saturday at the French Open.

Djokovic cruised past lucky loser Daniel Elahi Galan 6-0, 6-3, 6-2. About the only drama in the match was the roof closing DURING PLAY early in the third, leaving the Galan side wetter than Djokovic’s. As rain got heavier, play was finally halted for 15 minutes to allow the roof to close and the …

A pair of former champions hit the exits Saturday at the US Open. Garbine Muguruza, considered by many to be the second favorite behind Simona Halep, couldn’t hold the lead against Danielle Collins in a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 loss to the American.

The 2016 champion served in the third up 3-0 but dropped six of the next seven games to put Collins into her first French fourth round, and second at …

In a much-anticipated rematch of Amanda Anisimova quarterfinal win over Simona Halep last year at the French Open, it was the Romanian getting the upper hand today in a total 6-0, 6-1 destruction.

“I took the game in my hands,” said Halep after the 54-minute win. “Last year, I was very far from the court, and I played fairly short so she could play her game. When she has time and …

Bottom half favorites Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem continued their dominating ways on Friday as the third round began at the French Open.

Nadal dropped just five games in a win over Stefano Travaglia 6-1, 6-4, 6-0. The Spaniard is now 96-2 at the French, and hasn’t come close to losing a set thus far.

“I went on court with the highest respect, just with the goal to play my best. A …

It was a tough day for all Pliskovas against former champions at the French Open on Thursday. No. 2 seed Karolina Pliskova exited early from yet another Slam falling to 2017 winner Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 6-2 in the second round.

“I think I was playing good today,” Ostapenko said. “I knew it was going to be a tough match, so I was trying to be very focused all match, playing my …