2017 ATP Sudden Death League: FRENCH OPEN

Just for confirmation:

Round 2 Bottom Half: Ramos-Vinolas
Backup: King Joffrey (Goffin)

This is assuming that Tsonga rallies from 2 sets to 1 down. :(
 
Tsonga out. My earliest Slam exit ever. Gonna drop a fair number of points
Still annoyed that they stopped play at such an awkward point in the match yesterday.
It was really odd how they handled that match. I'd have thought they'd stop after the third but maybe the players wanted to continue? But I thought the grand slams had a rule a match suspended for darkness had to stop at an even number of games, so why did they stop at 5-4? Again, just odd.
 
It was really odd how they handled that match. I'd have thought they'd stop after the third but maybe the players wanted to continue? But I thought the grand slams had a rule a match suspended for darkness had to stop at an even number of games, so why did they stop at 5-4? Again, just odd.

I agree. I figured when he won the 3rd that the would suspend the match at that point, I was shocked when they carried on. I think when Olivo broke in the 4th they tried to finish it out yesterday, but then Tsonga crawled back to 4-5 from 2-5 down and they didn't have a choice but to call for darkness. It was totally stupid. Tsonga being French and their top guy in the tournament I figured they would have called it when momentum clearly shifted to him after the 3rd. Seemed totally stupid to have him go out for just one game today in restrospect.
 
I agree. I figured when he won the 3rd that the would suspend the match at that point, I was shocked when they carried on. I think when Olivo broke in the 4th they tried to finish it out yesterday, but then Tsonga crawled back to 4-5 from 2-5 down and they didn't have a choice but to call for darkness. It was totally stupid. Tsonga being French and their top guy in the tournament I figured they would have called it when momentum clearly shifted to him after the 3rd. Seemed totally stupid to have him go out for just one game today in restrospect.
I believe they would only stop the match after the third set if there was no reasonable chance it could finish. Darkness favours the server, so Tsonga should have had a chance to make it 5-5 before it was stopped. Each player should serve the same number of games before stopping. These aren't rules but guidelines.
 
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