The French Open, one of tennis' biggest tournaments, is heating up as an angry Rafael Nadal lashed out at French Open organizers after being faced with playing two matches on consecutive days after Thursday's rain delays.

The world's currently ranked number 4 player was unhappy at being required to play on Friday when his opponent in this afternoon's third round, Italian Fabio Fognini, enjoyed a day off because he played before Thursday's action was washed out.

Nadal said: 'I think everybody knows in this room that the schedule of yesterday was wrong. That's the real thing. The director of the tournament, supervisors, they take a bad position two days ago, because when you make the schedule at 7pm, you know what weather predictions you have for the next days."

'I cannot play third after a men's and a girl's match when my possible opponent plays second after girls. That's not fair. And today I was playing almost three hours on court, and my opponent was watching the TV in the locker room."

Nadal didn't stop there. He continued.

'So if you told me that's fair, I say that's not fair. The only thing that I can do is be positive, smile, and try to win my match and try to be ready for tomorrow. But that's not the right thing. This is not right. And I hope they accept the mistake."

Nadal looked particularly sluggish in the first set today, making uncharacteristic errors and dropping the ball far too short.

The cold weather partly nullifies the effect of his spin, as does playing another left-hander, but the Spaniard managed to pick his game up enough to turn the match around.

'So I started the match probably with not the right intensity, with more doubts than usual.

'I'm just happy to be through at the end. That's the real thing. The most important thing is win on these kind of days, and hopefully the conditions will improve, because with these conditions it is not easy to play well.'

The Spaniard does not like such conditions, which reduce the effect of his spin, while he also tends to have a tougher time against fellow left-handers.

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Time: June 1 at 5:00 a.m. EDT

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