“It’s time for this,” says Pam Shriver. “Seeing how they were having a hard time enforcing the no-coaching rule, why not?”

The best players recognize that they have no precious energy of any kind to waste in the throes of a competitive five-setter.

Rafael Nadal has won the year’s first two majors, but he finds himself behind three players in the ATP Rankings. It’s good to have other yardsticks by which to measure player production.

Once derided as a way to bail out of a pressure-cooker rally, the dropper is now seen as a way to disrupt and reframe one.

Some of the more interesting and revealing comments made during the first week at Roland Garros.