PARIS, May 31: Yes, they actually managed to complete a match on this wettest of weeks at the French Open. Two, even. And both involved surprises: Two of the top half-dozen seeded women lost within minutes of each other, No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska and No. 6 Simona Halep.
And both were extremely unhappy about having to compete as the rain continued to fall. Radwanska, the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up, was furious about having to play Tuesday while the rain fell during a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 loss to 102nd-ranked Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria in the fourth round.
"I'm just so surprised and angry that, you know, we have to play in the rain," said Radwanska, whose match began Sunday but dropped 10 games in a row after play resumed Tuesday. "I mean, it's not a 10,000 tournament. It's a Grand Slam. How can you allow players to play in the rain?"Shortly before that, Halep exited with a 7-6 (0), 6-3 defeat against No. 21 Samantha Stosur in a contest between two past finalists at Roland Garros.
Second-seeded Andy Murray is now set to take on ninth-seeded Richard Gasquet on Wednesday. Defending champion Stan Wawrinka, who was scheduled to play Albert Ramos-Vinolas, has also been given an extra day off. Officials are still trying to get in the remaining fourth-round matches. After dropping his first set at Roland Garros this year, top-ranked Novak Djokovic recovered and leads 14th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut 3-6, 6-4, 4-1 when their match was suspended for a second time Tuesday.
Other four-round matches between No. 7 Tomas Berdych and No. 11 David Ferrer, as well as the Dominic Thiem-Marcel Granollers and David Goffin-Marcel Granollers matches, also have been suspended.
