Tennis - French Open Womens Singles Quarterfinal match - Roland Garros - Serena Williams of the U.S. vs Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan - Paris, France - 02/06/16. Serena Williams reacts. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - The French Open was lambasted as "one big circus" by Tomas Berdych on Thursday as soggy weather once again exasperated players seeking a foothold in the semi-finals of the rain-hit claycourt major.
Novak Djokovic was lucky to escape being defaulted and Austrian tyro Dominic Thiem provided plenty of entertainment as they finally caught up with the bottom half of the men's draw by setting up a cross-generational semi-final.
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