• US player Serena Williams returns the ball to France’s Kristina Mladenovic during their women’s third round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 28, 2016. / AFP / MIGUEL MEDINA
    US player Serena Williams returns the ball to France’s Kristina Mladenovic during their women’s third round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 28, 2016. / AFP / MIGUEL MEDINA
  • France’s Kristina Mladenovic returns the ball to US player Serena Williams during their women’s third round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 28, 2016. / AFP / Thomas SAMSON
    France’s Kristina Mladenovic returns the ball to US player Serena Williams during their women’s third round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 28, 2016. / AFP / Thomas SAMSON
  • Kristina Mladenovic of France serves during the Ladies Singles third round match against Serena Williams of the United States on day seven of the 2016 French Open at Roland Garros on May 28, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Dennis Grombkowski/Getty Images)
    Kristina Mladenovic of France serves during the Ladies Singles third round match against Serena Williams of the United States on day seven of the 2016 French Open at Roland Garros on May 28, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Dennis Grombkowski/Getty Images)
  • France’s Kristina Mladenovic returns the ball to US player Serena Williams during their women’s third round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 28, 2016. / AFP / MIGUEL MEDINA
    France’s Kristina Mladenovic returns the ball to US player Serena Williams during their women’s third round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 28, 2016. / AFP / MIGUEL MEDINA
  • Court workers sweep away rain water at the Suzanne Lenglen court. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
    Court workers sweep away rain water at the Suzanne Lenglen court. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
  • People wait in the stands of Court Suzanne Legnlen as rain interupts Alize Cornet of France against Venus Williams of the USA during their women’s single third round match at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 28 May 2016.​​​​ EPA/IAN LANGSDON
    People wait in the stands of Court Suzanne Legnlen as rain interupts Alize Cornet of France against Venus Williams of the USA during their women’s single third round match at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 28 May 2016.​​​​ EPA/IAN LANGSDON
  • US player Serena Williams returns the ball to France’s Kristina Mladenovic during their women’s third round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 28, 2016. / AFP / MIGUEL MEDINA
    US player Serena Williams returns the ball to France’s Kristina Mladenovic during their women’s third round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 28, 2016. / AFP / MIGUEL MEDINA
  • Austria’s Dominic Thiem returns the ball to Germany’s Alexander Zverev during their men’s third round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 28, 2016. / AFP / PHILIPPE LOPEZ
    Austria’s Dominic Thiem returns the ball to Germany’s Alexander Zverev during their men’s third round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris on May 28, 2016. / AFP / PHILIPPE LOPEZ
  • Alize Cornet of France in action against Venus Williams of the USA during their women’s single third round match at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 28 May 2016.​​​​ EPA/IAN LANGSDON
    Alize Cornet of France in action against Venus Williams of the USA during their women’s single third round match at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 28 May 2016.​​​​ EPA/IAN LANGSDON

Tennis

Rainy weather cannot stop Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Dominic Thiem at French Open – in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

May 28, 2016

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