DECOURCY: Shelby Rogers’ ascension sign of fortitude
Play was scheduled to begin at Roland Garros at 11 a.m. local time, with 10 quarterfinal slots across the men’s and women’s singles draws still to be decided.
However, the scheduled start time was delayed on a number of occasions by tournament organizers due to continued rain, before confirmation at 1:40 p.m. local time that Day 9 was a wash.
The likes of Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams will have to wait until at least Tuesday to play their fourth-round matches, against Roberto Bautista Agut and Elina Svitolina respectively, with a potential scheduling headache now possible thanks to the backlog.
