There was no roar of a stadium. No Riviera sun dipping behind the stands. No grass, no tackles, no last-minute corner whipped into chaos. And yet, on a Paris stage lit not by floodlights but by screens, something unmistakably real happened on April 2nd.
From 11am, the atmosphere was electric on the Court des Princes for Arthur Rinderknecht’s (ATP 27) opening match. Cheered on by the crowd, the Frenchman won his battle (7-5 6-2) against Karen Khachanov. “It was a great match,” said Arthur Rinderknecht. “My first on clay this season.
