Rafael Nadal rained out mid-match at French Open, will resume play Tuesday
French Open favorite Rafael Nadal will have to wait until Tuesday to wrap up his unexpectedly tight match against lucky loser Simone Bolelli, as Monday night’s play in Paris was suspended due to thunderstorms.
Spain’s Nadal, a 10-time French Open champion, had won the first two sets 6-4 and 6-3, but Italy’s Bolelli was up 3-0 on Nadal in the third set before the match was postponed around 8 p.m. at Philippe Chatrier court.
Barring another delay, the pair will finish up play Tuesday before Serena Williams and Kristyna Pliskova take the court.
Schedule for Tuesday 29 May / Programme pour le mardi 29 mai
Court Philippe Chatrier :Marin Cilic [3] vs James Duckworth
Rafael Nadal [1] vs Simone Bolelli
Kristyna Pliskova vs Serena Williams
Jeremy Chardy vs Tomas Berdych [17]
Simona Halep [1] vs Alison Riske#RG18 pic.twitter.com/LtIac9Epf1— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 28, 2018
Among the other matches suspended was one between Americans John Isner and Noah Rubin, in which Isner leads two sets to none; three other men’s matches were suspended. The only affected women’s match was between Maria Sharapova and Richèl Hogenkamp, who had yet to play Monday night, so their match in its entirety is rescheduled for Tuesday.
Paris weather reports for Tuesday again predict rain in the afternoon.
