Rain Wreaks Havoc in Paris

The first round at Roland Garros has been disrupted by rain for the past three days. I keep hopping online when I get home from work in anticipation of big winners and unexpected losers. With all the rain delays, the tennis action in Paris hasn’t even gotten out of the first round yet.

Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal played nine minutes of his first match before rain suspended play, and Maria Sharapova had her match postponed until tomorrow.

Amelie Mauresmo (she’s still playing? She dropped off the radar so long ago, I’ve forgotten about her.) made it through a tough three-set match Olga Savchuk. Mauresmo won the first set 7-5, lost the second 4-6 and then stormed back in the third with a 6-1 showing.

Dinara Safina won in straight sets as did Nikolay Davydenko on the men’s side. A total of 43 matches were suspended Tuesday…I wonder what the record is? Hey, I can’t help it. I used to work in sports information, finding obscure, random records that don’t pertain to anything useful was a way of life!

(Image: Newscom)
Amelie Mauresmo stretches out for a forehand in the first round of the French Open.