FRENCH OPEN | Tuesday’s play


Weather: Rainy, with a high of 68 degrees. The start of play was delayed nearly 3 hours, and there was another delay of about 3 hours later in the day. There was no play after about 7:45 p.m. local time.

Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko, No. 9 Stanislas Wawrinka.

Men’s Seeded Losers: No 13 Juan Monaco, No. 31 Andreas Seppi.

Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 13 Dinara Safina, No. 14 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 22 Amelie Mauresmo, No. 31 Ai Sugiyama.

Women’s Seeded Losers: None.

Stat of the Day: 13 — The total number of men’s and women’s singles matches completed, out of 72 on the schedule.

Quote of the Day: “I don’t think I get intimidated by anybody.” — Kuznetsova, after her 6-2, 6-3 victory over Aiko Nakamura.

On Court Wednesday: No. 1 Maria Sharapova vs. Evgeniya Rodina (first round), No. 2 Ana Ivanovic vs. Lucie Safarova (second round), No. 5 Serena Williams vs. Mathilde Johansson (second round); No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. Thomaz Bellucci (completion of a suspended first-round match), No. 3 Novak Djokovic vs. Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen (second round).

Today’s Forecast: Cloudy in the morning, with isolated showers in the afternoon. High of 70 degrees.

Today’s TV: Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.-12 p.m.; ESPN2, 12-6:30 p.m.

Associated Press