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Rain halts Monday Roland Garros play for second time, Nadal-Zverev set to start out underneath roof

Sinner beats Eubanks, Tstisipas main Fucsovics on Court docket Suzanne-Lenglen

Could 27, 2024

Heavy rain has interrupted Monday’s play for a second time at Roland Garros.

After an earlier delay of roughly one hour, play on uncovered courts was suspended once more shortly earlier than 3 p.m. on the clay-court main in Paris. 9 males’s singles matches which have already began are at present suspended. Play continues on Court docket Suzanne-Lenglen, the place the retractable roof has been deployed and former finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas has claimed the primary set in opposition to Marton Fucsovics. Earlier, Jannik Sinner accomplished a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 win in opposition to Christopher Eubanks underneath the roof.

On Court docket Philippe-Chatrier, which can also be fitted with a roof, 14-time champion Rafael Nadal’s blockbuster Lexus ATP Head2Head conflict with fourth seed Alexander Zverev is because of get underway shortly.

In rain-affected matches, the twenty first seed Felix Auger-Aliassime is in a wholesome place in his opening-round match in opposition to Yoshihito Nishioka on Court docket 6. The Canadian will serve for the match at 6-2, 6-4, 5-4 upon resumption. Among the many different suspended matches is Ben Shelton’s conflict with house favorite Hugo Gaston. The twenty first seed Shelton recovered effectively after dropping the primary set on Court docket 14, reaching a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-2 lead earlier than play was stopped for the second time.