MASON, Ohio —

Thunderstorms, exhausting heat and world-class tennis are all happening at the Cincinnati Open in Mason this year.

The weather has made for some wild and long matches with rain causing delays for a second day in a row. Advertisement

"Well, it (rain delay) sucks to be honest," Carlos Alcaraz, the No. 2 ranked player in the world, said. "Have to warm up 3 to 4 times, it is a horrible, horrible thing."

"Two hours of starting and stopping and starting and stopping," Dana Patish from Virginia Beach, Virginia, said. "Going to find cover, come back out, go find cover again. They clean the court three times, nobody listens when I'm yelling, 'Wait ten minutes, it's going to rain again.' But finally, all is good, the matches are amazing."

Temperamental weather, part of the tennis

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