Tournament director confident of schedule

The tournament has been blighted by poor weather this year but there had been enough dry spells to keep things broadly on schedule. 

“We knew it was going to be horrible on Monday, and it was even worse than what we thought, that’s why we sent the players back early. We changed the programme, we’re not too far behind,” Forget said. 

Heavy rain, drenching parts of France, with flood warnings near the English Channel and organisers at Roland Garros cancelled matches at the French Open. Floods or strong rains are forecast for about a quarter of the country Tuesday. 

Rescue workers have evacuated homes or ordered people to higher floors in the Pasde-Calais region in the far north as rivers rose more than 3 feet (4 inches) in some spots, according to the local administration. During a sudden storm Saturday, a lightning bolt struck a children’s birthday party at a Paris park.