Tennis, anyone? With drizzle continuing after a one-hour delay, Federer rose from his chair, removed his warmup jacket and went back to work.
A change in the weather Wednesday at the French Open barely slowed Federer, who eliminated Alejandro Falla 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4. The No. 1-ranked Federer calmly endured two weather delays to reach the third round.
"This is how this game has been played for decades," he said. "We're used to walking on and off the court and being flexible about these kind of things."
After three days of warm sunshine, conditions were damp and cool for the start of round two. There was a third delay of 90 minutes after Federer finished.
Federer lost serve just once against Falla, at 5-all in the opening set, then broke back and hit four winners in the tiebreaker.
"I thought the first set was good, actually, from both sides," Federer said. "He really pushed me to come up with something special, which I couldn't do in the first set, really. I definitely got a little bit lucky to get out of that one."
From there only rain could slow Federer. The match was stopped for 15 minutes in the second set, and again for an hour in the third before play resumed in a drizzle.
He tweaked his game as an adjustment to the weather.
"The texture of the clay changes drastically when there's no sun," he said. "Conditions slow down a lot. … There are advantages and disadvantages, and you've got to use them if you can."
Federer, who completed a career Grand Slam when he won at Roland Garros last year, is seeking his 17th major title.