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Alex de Minaur has had his last-16 tie at the Barcelona Open held over because of rain stoppages and may now face two matches in a day.
Australian No.1 Alex de Minaur has had to endure a frustrating delay, waiting to play his last-16 match at the rain-disrupted Barcelona Open.
The Sydneysider was due to play South African Lloyd Harris on Thursday but persistent rain ruined the schedule in the prestigious Spanish clay court event.
Players, including de Minaur, now face the prospect of tackling two matches on Friday to ensure the event keeps to schedule - and no rain is forecast.
Top-seed Stefanos Tsitsipas had to wait a day to close out his opening match with a 6-1 4-6 6-2 win over Belarusian Ilya Ivashka in the short time available on Thursday.
The match had been suspended because of rain on Wednesday with Tsitsipas leading 5-1.
Another downpour delayed the match's resumption on Thursday, but the fifth-ranked Greek eventually finished off his 44th-ranked opponent.
Tsitsipas, who last week won his second straight Monte Carlo title, will play in the third round against Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, who rallied past Argentine Federico Coria 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the only other singles match to finish on Thursday.
With AP
