Roger Federer was left distinctly unimpressed after he was forced to play the latter part of his second-round win over Thierry Ascione at the French Open in near-darkness last night.
The world number one and top seed powered through the opening two sets before encountering problems in the third as rain arrived and darkness set in.
He eventually claimed a 6-1 6-2 7-6 (10/8) success on Suzanne Lenglen court to set up a third-round clash with Italy's Potito Starace.
But he was clearly unhappy at being sent on to play so late in the day.
'The conditions were shocking and I tried to get out of there as quickly as possible,' he said.
'It's not easy starting out knowing you have only an hour and 45 minutes or two hours to complete the match.
'I thought it was a hard call. I know they wanted to get the match over and done with.
'But what I didn't like was that they thought I'm the favourite, I should win this in straight sets, let's get Roger's match over with.
'What if it doesn't turn out that way? I'd be very upset. I was already not too happy at playing at such a late time. I hate playing into dawn.
'I could hardly see the ball and it's a very hard situation to deal with. You start stressing out.'
