Hey everyone, as it is written, Wednesday is mailbag day …• Here’s Served’s Roland Garros draw show: Some of it still holds!• Good soldiering: Roland Garros coverage is on TNT and TruTv. Tennis Channel’s three-hour pregame show airs daily.

More than any other player, Nadal revealed the innate awkwardness of the tennis farewell — and how glorious it can be when done right.

Roland Garros opened with tears, chants and a sea of brick-red T-shirts reading 'Merci Rafa' as the French Open paid an emotional tribute on Sunday to Rafael Nadal, the man who conquered its courts like no other.