MONTREAL — Rain continued to wreak havoc Monday at the National Bank Open presented by Rogers, further disrupting a backlogged men's schedule.
A downpour that started before play was to get underway at 11 a.m. local time prompted officials to delay until noon, and then push the start time back again until 1 p.m.
Six minutes after play started on Centre Court, there was another rain delay. Organizers twice pushed back a return to play, with the players finally getting back on court at 3:30 p.m.
But 65 minutes later, play was suspended again.
Tennis Canada put out a revised schedule before the 3:30 p.m. restart, postponing several first-round matches to Tuesday.
The tennis tournament was already scrambling after Sunday's wet weather allowed the completion of just two of 14 scheduled first-round singles matches.
In an effort to catch up, organizers originally loaded Monday's schedule with 27 first-round singles matches, including those involving Alexis Galarneau of Laval, Que., and Montreal's Gabriel Diallo.
Galarneau and Diallo were scheduled to play their matches on Centre Court on Sunday night before the entire session was cancelled.
So Galarneau was rescheduled to face Czechia's Vit Kopriva and Diallo to meet French qualifier Kyrian Jacquet later Monday.
