That is interesting as France has some of the highest cases in the world right now, I know it will most likely slow down by then but with Wimbledon being cancelled I am surprised to see that the ATP have said that the French Open will be played this year. Don't get me wrong, I hope it does go ahead but I do have doubts as Europe has the highest cases in the world and it doesn't look like slowing down right now.
The French Tennis Federation announced that on March 17 that the situation in the US was not high or it was not even confirmed that there were people infected with Covid-19, so I thought this would still be possible to change and can be cancelled same as Wimbledon.
Yes, this is very interesting indeed, I just mentioned that Switzerland could be a good candidate to continue, pushing Roland Garros in France which is one of the highest case of the Covid-19 sounds very scary specially for fans. I don't know why they decided to continue despite the risk of the pandemic. Still five months from know and maybe they are thinking way ahead here. That in five months time this whole health crisis will be over by I doubt it.
I doubt they will do that, because if done the name must be changed to Swiss Open
Yes you're right but french open could be held without public or with only a quarter or a fifth of the audience. I don't think it would be a big deal to have less public in the stands.
One of the match organizers' income is from ticket sales, so I doubt they will do the match without spectators, also I think many sponsors will rethink to remain sponsors in a tournament because this pandemic is already at the stage of an economic recession which also affects the finances of companies that usually sponsors in tennis tournaments.