French Open Roof Collapse

The french open 2020 is about to begin in a week s time.

French open roof collapse.

The retractable roof on philip chatrier takes around fifteen minutes to close and covers a surface area of 1 hectare. It consists of 11 trusses each weighing 330 metric tons. Nadal eyes record. The french stop of the tennis tour is the last major to fit a retractable roof to join wimbledon the australian open and the us open.

The exclusive home of roland garros tennis delivering live scores schedules draws players news photos videos and the most complete coverage of the 2020 roland garros tournament. Tennis grand slam circuit switches its focus to paris following the australian open but roland garros will have a different look for this year. The iconic philippe chatrier court has finally got a retractable roof installed and the floodlights in operation. The time required to close french open 2020 roof.

Paris ap u s. Open champion naomi osaka has pulled out of the french open because of an injured left hamstring. 8 sections are already in place and the last 3 will be installed by the end of january 2020. Each truss is divided into 7 sections measuring 15m long and 3m high.

The exclusive home of roland garros tennis delivering live scores schedules draws players news photos videos and the most complete coverage of the 2020 roland garros tournament. Therefore night matches will be possible for the first time at the clay court grand slam. Footage shows an officer wearing a face. The new roof will undergo multiple tests.

The spectacular transformation of philippe chatrier court is well underway. The pandemic forced the shift of the french open at roland garros from may to late september making the completion of a new roof over philippe chatrier court the largest stadium at the paris.