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Rain halted French Open final between French Open final until today (Monday).

11 June,2012 04:54 am

Rain halted the French Open final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic on Sunday for a second time at 6:50 pm local time (1650 GMT) with the Spaniard leading 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 1-2.There was an earlier break in play of 32 minutes from 5:10 pm local time (1510 GMT).Organisers said they hoped to restart the final at around 2000 local time (1800GMT).The last time the French Open final was not completed on a Sunday was 1973 when Ilie Nastase defeated Niki Pilic.