Nikolay Davydenko made the most of a short dry spell to sneak into the second round of the French Open on Monday.
Davydenko wrapped up his win just in time after a stressful morning.
As rain began to beat down on the red clay Galvani tossed a forehand wide to hand the Russian victory.
"At 4-1 (in the third), I was thinking to myself 'I need to break, break, break or play faster because the rain was coming'. I didn't want to stop and end up needing one more game (for victory)."
The Russian said he had also faced a few jittery moments in the morning when he was stuck in traffic en route to Roland Garros and would have turned up late if his match had started as scheduled at 1100 local time.
"I was nervous about being disqualified as I was going nowhere where in the traffic. I was thinking, I don't have time to take shower, I don't have time to change clothes? it was pretty tough."
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