Roland Garros

[Stille]

1.30 pm: Weather’s got worse, I’m afraid. I’m hoping that this is the 2 pm shower that has come early. I went for lunch at about 12.45 and it was barely drizzling then, but the rain has redoubled its efforts since then.
12.30 pm: Nothing til 1 pm apparently. In the mean time, go on The Great Debate and tell us which your favourite rivalries were. Borg – Connors/Mac/everyone for me in the men’s, and I think it was a crying shame that Graf – Seles was cut short in its prime.

11.30 am: Covers still on. Apparently the weather forecast is for showers at 11 am and 2 pm, so hopefully we can squeeze something in in the mean time (and then of course get plenty from about 3 pm onwards).

11 am: Bad news. I did say “weather-permitting” and the weather is not permitting. What was a slight drizzle as I walked over to the press area is now a full-on shower, and the covers are back on.


10.45 am: Morning one and all, and welcome to day five of the 2010 French Open! I’m Drew Lilley (they haven’t got rid of me yet) and today, we’re going to try to finish the second round, weather permitting. We had another downpour last night, but the weather is similar to yesterday, so it could well be touch and go once again in terms of the rain.