Rain forces rare washout at French Open

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PARIS — Persistent rain forced the cancellation of all matches Monday at the French Open, the first wash-out in 16 years at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament.

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Organizers said abandoned matches would be rescheduled for Tuesday. But after a first week of often poor weather and with more rain forecast, they now must fit dozens of unfinished and postponed matches into an ever-smaller window for the tournament to have finals over the weekend as initially planned.

In women’s singles, two fourth-round matches — Simona Halep vs. Samantha Stosur and Tsvetana Pironkova vs. Agnieszka Radwanksa — were pulled off court unfinished on Sunday evening because of rain and darkness. Initially rescheduled for …

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