India, June 23 -- Here's how the four singles finalists who appeared on the concluding weekend of the French Open a couple of weeks ago fared in their next tournament appearance:

Coco Gauff: First round, Berlin.

Aryna Sabalenka: Semi-final, Berlin.

Jannik Sinner: Second round, Halle.

Carlos Alcaraz: Champion, Queen's.

The Roland Garros to Wimbledon route is the most challenging on the professional tennis calendar. The surface change from the slowest to quickest is complex, and the turnaround time - of less than a month and involving, at best, one tournament for the top players - is next to negligible.

It's unforgiving even for the reigning women's French Open winner in Gauff and the current men's world No.1 in Sinner. For the men's ...