It wasn’t an open secret–make that a French Open secret–that the women’s tournament at Roland Garros was going to be a free-for-all, an unpredictable event with few clear favorites from round to round and match to match. Day two of women’s singles competition in Paris affirmed the unconventionally conventional wisdom, as two dangerous floaters were [...]

As the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters heads toward a pair of Saturday semifinals, it’s just as the oddsmakers predicted heading into the tournament: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray join a Swiss tennis player in the final four. Oh, wait: Stanislas Wawrinka, not Roger Federer, is the man representing Switzerland as the year’s first [...]