Is it possible to call a week with five different tournaments a quiet one? If it’s tennis, and it’s the middle of the clay season, the answer is yes. The first big spring European tournaments—Monte Carlo and Barcelona for the men, Stuttgart for the women—are in the books, and the bigger dual events in Madrid and Rome, as well the French Open, are coming up in May. This week the star players take a rest as they gear up for that long stretch of dirt ball; no one in either tour's Top 10 is in action. Who might take advantage of their absences? Here’s a look ahead.
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