Idiots’ Guide to Roland Garros

If you were one of the tens of thousands who descended on Roland Garros Monday afternoon with a ticket that allowed you onto all of its 18 courts except the three main ones, then you could hear a lot of tennis – you could hear the “wave”; you could hear the chants of “Reechard! Reechard!” as France’s Richard Gasquet went up two sets to love against #4 seed Andy Murray (only to lose); occasionally you could even hear the sound of a racket making contact with a ball – but getting to see any tennis turned out to be a trickier proposition.