A combination of bad weather and unique scheduling has created a perfect storm in Paris where almost every big name in the game of tennis is scheduled to play on what is set to be 'Frantic Friday'.
Thursday's near washout means organisers must make up for lost time, with the result that every one of the men's top 12 seeds, bar Andy Roddick, is due to take to the Parisian red dust in a hugely congested schedule.
Rafa Nadal opens the smorgasbord of tennis against Argentina's Horacio Zeballos at 0900GMT on Court Philippe Chatrier on a day when the rain was replaced by clear skies and cool temperatures in Paris.
Paris's unique Sunday start and the poor weather has meant Nadal, a four-times champion here, starts his second-round match against the South American on the sixth day of the tournament.
Champions Roger Federer and Svetlana Kuznetsova, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Justine Henin, both Williams sisters, Robin Soderling are all set to play as five male and five female slam winners take to the stage.
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