Players Not to Watch at Roland Garros It is easy to spot the players coming into a Grand Slam tournament with a head of steam, arriving in Paris with an impressive roster of victories that make them ones to watch at the tournament. For this year's French Open, players like Benoit Paire, Grigor Dimitrov, Simona Halep and Bethanie Mattek-Sands would easily fit into that category, among others. But players who stealthily slump into a tournament can be much tougher to spot. They may have recognizable names and high rankings that would make them seem like a reliable pick to do some damage, but their recent results should make them ones not to watch. Here are some players who fit into that category. Agnieszka Radwanska (No. 4 seed) Although she should have been well-known for her creative play and appearance in the 2012 Wimbledon final, Radwanska went fully mainstream after pulling off an incredible spinning volley at Key Biscayne in March that went viral. But since making that shot she has gone 1-3, including a lopsided 6-3, 6-1 loss to 41st-ranked Laura Robson in Madrid, and a three-set loss to qualifier Simona Halep in Rome. While prospects have not brightened for Radwanska in recent months, her hair has. She will take court in Paris as a luminous blonde. Caroline Wozniacki (No. 10 seed) Much like her good friend Radwanska, Caroline Wozniacki has gone south after winning a match with a memorable point. After moonballing her way to a semifinal victory over Angelique Kerber in the Indian Wells semifinals, Wozniacki has gone a woeful 2-7, including a 0-5 mark on European red clay that would not bode well for her chances in Paris. Wozniacki has also been dealt a tough draw in the first round, facing off against the hard-hitting Laura Robson. Wozniacki might make it past the oft-erratic Robson, a 19-year-old from Britain. But there is little in Wozniacki's recent history to suggest that this will be a breakout week for her. Marion Bartoli (No. 13 seed) Watching Bartoli should always be recommended, if only for the raw, unbridled energy with which she plays and carries herself between points. But though she is the top-ranked Frenchwoman and made the semifinals in Paris in 2011, there is little cause to think that she has any sort of run in her this time around. Bartoli has had constant upheaval on the coaching front this year, and has lost her first match at four of her last five tournaments. The last loss, a first-round 6-3, 6-2 drubbing at the hands of No. 88 Camila Giorgi this week in Strasbourg, bodes poorly for Marion's chances of home glory at a Grand Slam. Tamira Paszek (No. 30 seed) Paszek, an Austrian, has won only one match this year. Starting with a second-round loss in Beijing in October, Paszek has gone 1-13. Yet she remains seeded on the strength of her strong play in the 2012 grass court season, in which she won a title at Eastbourne and reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals. She will have a number next to her name on the red dirt of Paris, but there is no reason to consider her a favorite in any match she plays. Janko Tipsarevic (No. 8 seed) Tipsarevic started 2013 well, winning an ATP 250-level tournament in Chennai on the opening week of the season. But since retiring because of an injury while getting clobbered by Nicolas Almagro in the fourth round of the Australian Open, Tipsarevic has gone 4-10, including six losses to players outside the top 50 (two of them outside the top 100). His most recent loss was a straight-set defeat this week in Nice to 101st-ranked Guido Pella of Argentina. Julien Benneteau (No. 32 seed) As a seeded Frenchman, Benneteau will receive favorable court placements throughout his run in Paris, and raucous (if fickle) support from the partisan French public. He also might be remembered for notching a win over Roger Federer in Rotterdam in February, an exquisitely played straight-set upset which he backed up by making the final in Rotterdam. But a loss in that final to Juan Martin del Potro dropped his career record in ATP finals to 0-8, and since leaving The Netherlands, Benneteau has gone 2-7. Horacio Zeballos By beating Rafael Nadal in the final of the tournament in Vina del Mar in February, the 47th-ranked Zeballos may be the top trivia answer of the 2013 season. Nadal goes into Roland Garros as an overwhelming favorite to take the title, winning six titles in 2013 and establishing a dominant 36-2 record. One might assume that Zeballos, as one of the two players to beat Nadal this year, should also be considered something of a threat, but that seems not to be the case. Since stunning Nadal, Zeballos has gone 3-10, including 0-5 on European clay. Robin Haase Haase has given his share of scares to the tour's top players, pushing Nadal to five sets at Wimbledon 2010, and Andy Murray to five sets at the 2011 United States Open. But Haase has not been his best in the crucial moments of a match. That lack of clutch-ness can be a difficult trait to back up statistically, but not for Haase, who is currently riding a streak of having lost 17 straight tiebreakers. If he reaches a tiebreaker in Paris, watch if you must, but know that the writing may already be on the clay.