Roland Garros: 26th May - 9th June 2024 - Main thread

[Sallydaisy]

Rain delays in Paris, only the showcourts are being used (with roof).

[Sallydaisy]

And still rain so all matches on the outside courts are cancelled.
Very busy schedule tomorrow to try and catch up.

Murray/Evans on at 10am Thursday 30th May.

[cazza99]

oop for Thursday - h ttps://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/order-of-play?year=2024&competition=all&annexeCourt=all&pri ncipalCourt=all&favoriteFilter=false&country=all&d ate=2024-05-30

Maybe they have revised the schedule. I can't see Andy/Dan.

[Sallydaisy]

The schedule has been totally changed so the focus is on Singles in Ladies and Mens.
A lot to catch up on after nearly 3 days of rain disruption.

There's masses of Doubles matches now scheduled for Friday 31st including Evans with Andy, Jamie Murray, Salisbury, Skupski and Cash and various partners. Also Boulter and Watson, Nicholls and Watson and their partners.

I now follow livescores on Flashscores. Once in the tennis section they put the events in order of size and by ATP then WTA. Also you can click on the link at top right to see what is planned for the next day.

ht tps://www.flashscore.co.uk/tennis/

I refuse to pay for Sky or Discovery+ so usually follow matches on livescores now.

[Sallydaisy]

RollyG might not be out of the woods regarding weather today ...
According to weathercom and acuweather there's a chance of thunderstorms and hail today!

[HoopGirl]

The weather seems to be rubbish for all of us right now then!

[Sallydaisy]

Some news coming out of RollyG:-
Friday matches will start at 10am Paris time to try and catch up on any outstanding singles and doubles.
There'll be an extra match on Chatrier (possibly at night)
They will no longer allow booze to be taken into the stands
Anyone abusing players will be removed from the courtside ...
They are seeking the individual who spat chewing gut at David Goffin ...

Amelie Mauresmo is very concerned about the empty spaces on the show courts.

However I saw this on Twitter posted by a lawyer who attended this week.
Have typed what she posted.

Literally it is lunch. So we were only able to get premium tickets for 1R. Our tickets included lunch and drinks (below Lenglen). Drinks were all day (not to go though).
Lunch wasn't come and go; it was a set-time sit-down lunch that lasted 2.5hours. We didn't know this ahead.

[suttontennis]

while i have some sympathy, and this certainly wouldn't go down well at SW19 in Centre court, if your ticket includes lunch and drinks you aren't expected to drink ALL the time. Have a drink with your meal, have a drink in between matches, have a drink when play is done. No need to sit and drink all day. It's supposed to be going to watch the tennis and make a nice day of it, not go for a meal and watch a bit of tennis. and as an aside, there was hardly any-one on the showcourts for the later matches yesterday. I know the weather was bad, and most people would have got fed up, but the play was continuous on Chatrier and SL, yet the stands were half empty for the brilliant Osaka v Swiatek match. All the noise (and interruptions) was coming from the kids sat high up. was yesterday kid's day ? they used to have one at RG.

[Sallydaisy]

Another rain delay in Paris.
Fans are being allowed onto Suzanne Lenglen to watch the Ruud v Davidovich-Fokina match.

[Sallydaisy]

Update on timings.
Outside courts from 10am
Lenglen & Matthieu from 11am
Chatrier from 12noon as always!