Rain holds up play again at Roland Garros as Radwanska and Halep make damp exits from French Open – in pictures

Dominic Thiem of Austria hits a forehand during his fourth-round match against Marcel Granollers of France. Julian Finney / Getty Images

Spectators holding umbrellas walk towards Suzanne Lenglen stadium. Christophe Ena / AP Photo

A ball on the tarp covering the Philippe Chatrier central court as rain falls over Roland Garros. Martin Bureau / AFP

Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts as he plays against Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain. Yoan Valat / EPA

Novak Djokovic in action against Roberto Bautista Agut. Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters

Heavy rain delays the start of the day’s play on Day 10 of the 2016 French Open at Roland Garros. Clive Brunskill / Getty Images

Simona Halep in action against Samantha Stosur. Jacky Naegelen / Reuters

Tsvetana Pironkova during her match against Agnieszka Radwanska. Pascal Rossignol / Reuters

Jake Badger

Top 10 stars Agnieszka Radwanska and Simona Halep blasted French Open organisers Tuesday for forcing them to compete in pouring rain as Novak Djokovic was left facing a four-day epic playing stretch.

Radwanska, the second seed, and sixth seed Halep both lost their last-16 clashes after opening healthy leads on Sunday night.

But after Monday was washed out, they were forced back out Tuesday despite the rain never really relenting and slumped to bad-tempered defeats.

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Updated: May 31, 2016, 12:00 AM