Simona Halep, winner of the Rome tournament, September 21, 2020. -

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The shock is a bit harsh.

Just arrived from Rome, where she has just won, the number 1 seed of Roland-Garros Simona Halep was treated to beautiful showers and gusty wind on Friday for her first steps in Paris.

“It's a little too cold, to be honest,” laughed the Romanian, two days before the start of a Parisian Grand Slam which promises to be cool and rainy.

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“It's good to be back in Paris.

I love this tournament.

I like this place.

But it's a little too cold, to be honest.

I hope we will get used to the conditions, "said the winner of the 2018 edition by videoconference." Playing Roland Garros in September, at the end of September, it's a bit strange.

"

The world number 2, tournament favorite in the absence of the Australian Ashleigh Barty, winner in 2019, and the Japanese Naomi Osaka (world number 3), titled at the US Open, has just won the tournament in Rome on clay.

"There is a big difference between Rome and here, for sure: 15 degrees less ...", she smiled, asked about the special conditions for the Paris tournament, exceptionally shifted from spring to autumn in due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The rain makes a hallucinatory noise on the central.

And the roof, with openings on the side, does not fully protect against drops pic.twitter.com/BYZojLjiAs

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“I just wish the weather would improve quickly because, yeah, I have a little trouble with the cold,” Halep said again.

But the thermometer, after dropping to 15 ° maximum this weekend, should balance around highs of 18 ° over the next two weeks in Paris, according to forecasts from Météo France.

On the other hand, for the rain ...

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