French Open: Rain limits play on Day 1

PARIS — Rain allowed for little tennis Sunday at the French Open.

Intermittent showers in Paris meant just 10 of the 32 scheduled matches were completed on Day 1 of the year’s second Grand Slam.

At just after 6:30 p.m., officials announced that the remaining matches for the day – already behind schedule – would be held until Monday. The forecast does not look to improve, however, with more than a 50% chance of rain Monday and temperatures topping out at 60 degrees.

The French Open is the only major among the sport’s four that spreads its first-round play over three days. (Usually it’s two.) But on-site construction means the tournament is down three match courts this year versus others and needs every playable moment it can get.

Two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova survived a scare on Monday, beating Danka Kovinic in the only completed match on Court Philippe Chatrier. Lucie Safarova, Kvitova’s Czech compatriot and runner up here last year, also won.

Nick Kyrgios, the rising Australian start was a straight-set winner, but not without the controversy that has followed him throughout his career. He was issued an unsportsmanlike code of conduct warning for yelling at a ball boy, a ruling that Kyrgios strongly disagreed with.

Americans Donald Young and Alison Riske both lost, while Jack Sock, the No. 23 seed, and Nicole Gibbs were in the deciding sets of their respective first round matches.

Simona Halep, the runner up here in 2014, did not make it onto court on Sunday, nor did Milos Raonic, Garbiñe Muguruza or American John Isner.

They will all be part of a jam-packed Monday, which will also include No. 2 seeds Agnieszka Radwanska and Andy Murray, as well as defending champion Stan Wawrinka.

Serena and Venus Williams, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will make their tournament debuts Tuesday.

The Williams sisters were entered into the women’s doubles draw, released Sunday, the two planning on pairing up for the Rio Olympics together.

While Monday’s forecast could allow for little tennis, the rest of the week is looking brighter – literally. Rain is forecast to return to the area on Friday.

With the implementation of the U.S. Open roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium this year, the French Open is now the lone Slam without a roofed structure. Delays and local red tape has pushed back roof plans for Chatrier, originally set to be done in 2017, but now without a completion date.