The second Grand Slams of the year takes place annually around the end of May. During this time, heavy rain is always a concern for the organizing committee. On the 10th day of competition, heavy rain prevented the matches from taking place as scheduled and had to postpone them to the next day.
The highly anticipated quarter-final match featuring Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic is two matches that will have to be rescheduled due to weather factors. In the 2 postponed matches, Rafael Nadal will host Pablo Carreno Busta at Philippe-Chatrier, while Novak Djokovic will face Dominic Thiem at Suzanne-Lenglen at 4am (Vietnam time).
Nadal and Djokovic understand that physical fitness is very important in the championship race. The postponement of the match schedule will put them at a disadvantage compared to the players in the remaining tournament. Therefore, both teams need to quickly resolve their opponents to save maximum energy for the upcoming sprint.
Before that, the 2 quarter-finals of the women's singles event had just ended before heavy rain hit. A surprise happened when the underdogs won. Timea Bacsinszky overcame the hopes of host Kristina Mladenovic after 2 sets with the same score of 6-4. Meanwhile, Jelena Ostapenko surprised everyone when she knocked out former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki after 3 sets with a score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to make her first appearance in the semi-final of a Grand Slams tournament.
