Unsurprisingly, the match referee, Thierry Bouille, ruled for a postponement: “The frost made the lawn very hard. This put the integrity of the players at risk. We could not guarantee their safety. So I decided to postpone the meeting »he explained at a press conference. The match will not be played on Wednesday as the weather situation is not expected to improve. It will have to be played during the week between now and February 8, the date of the round of 16.