Asked about Roland Garros, Roddick expects the tournament to be more open than ever: "All of a sudden, we're talking about 12 or 15 players who can win the tournament."

As we all know, this year's French Open promises to be more indecisive than ever. At least on the men's side. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are still struggling with their physique, Novak Djokovic is still far from his best and Rafael Nadal is struggling to get back to a truly satisfactory level.

This situation, which is extremely rare in men's tennis, means that the tournament is likely to be more open than ever, and some outsiders could end up as favourites. At least, that's what Andy Roddick, former world number 1 and winner of the 2003 US Open, thinks.

In comments relayed by Tennis Channel, the American champion and 2003 US Open title-winner explains that a large number of players could come out on top this year: "Almost every player in the world's top 4 has a physical problem coming into the tournament. I don't think there have been many Grand Slams in the last 25 years, at least for the men, where we can say: 'Yes, the tournament is open'. [...] Our favorite is a guy with a forearm injury who hasn't played two of the last three Masters 1000 (Carlos Alcaraz). By the way, Medvedev, Rublev and Ruud would also like to have their say, as would Taylor Fritz and others. All of a sudden, we're talking about 12 or 15 players who could win the tournament. I think the opportunity is there for a lot of players who aren't necessarily considered favorites."