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Radwanska, Halep rip French after rainy losses
- Updated: May 31, 2016
11:49 AM ET
PARIS — Yes, they actually managed to complete a match on this wettest of weeks at the French Open. Two, even. And both involved surprises: Two of the top half-dozen seeded women lost within minutes of each other, No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska and No. 6 Simona Halep.
And both were extremely unhappy about having to compete as the rain continued to fall.
Radwanska, the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up, was furious about having to play Tuesday while the rain fell during a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 loss to 102nd-ranked Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria in the fourth round.
“I’m just so surprised and angry that, you know, we have to play in the rain,” said Radwanska, whose match began Sunday but dropped 10 games in a row after play resumed Tuesday. “I mean, it’s not a 10,000 tournament. It’s a Grand Slam. How can you allow players to play in the rain?”
Tsvetana Pironkova won 10 consecutive games against second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska once action resumed Tuesday to erase a one-set deficit and completely turn around a match that began Sunday. AP Photo/Christophe Ena
“… We shouldn’t play in that kind of rain. Why? We still have couple of days of tournament. What’s the point?”
Shortly before that, Halep exited with a 7-6 (0), 6-3 defeat against No. 21 Samantha Stosur in a contest between two past finalists at Roland Garros.
Pironkova is much better known for her abilities on grass than clay courts, and she reached her first quarterfinal at Roland Garros after …
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