Roland Garros’ goal of completing 66 matches on Monday has failed after poor weather conditions at the start of the day forced the cancellation of ten matches in the women’s draw.
Dominika Cibulkova, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic will have to wait until Tuesday to start their French Open bids. The tournament is far behind their planned schedule after only ten matches was able to be completed on Sunday due to the weather. It is hoped that Monday’s action will start at 13:30 CET.
Cancelled matches (2/2):
Cibulkova-Zheng
Nara-Allertova
Wang-Andrianjafitrimo— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) 23 May 2016
According to the UK Met Office, the rain should get lighter from 13:00 CET onwards. They have also predicted that the rain should stop from 16:00 onwards, giving some hopes to the thousands of fans struck by the wet conditions.
Play could be limited today in Paris for #RolandGarros2016 the rest of the week looks more promising. Alex D pic.twitter.com/BYKvzcepEs
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) 23 May 2016
The director of the tournament, Guy Forget, has told the media that he is hopping that Roland Garros will have a roof on their main stadium by 2020.
