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PARIS. — Second seed Agnieszka Radwanska and former French Open tennis finalist Simona Halep crashed out in the last 16 on another rain-hit day at Roland Garros yesterday.

Radwanska appeared to be cruising into the quarter-finals as she led unseeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2, 3-0 before play was suspended on Sunday, with the tournament then suffering its first washout in 16 years on Monday. But the Pole, who was hampered by a right wrist injury, dropped 10 straight games either side of another rain delay yesterday as world number 102 Pironkova extended her best run in Paris.

“It feels unbelievably great. I have no words right now, I’m so happy,” said Pironkova, a former Wimbledon semi-finalist.

“It was very difficult with all the rain, we waited almost three days to finish the match. But I can’t complain, it turned out great for me.” — AFP.