France set a May temperature record on Monday and temperatures were forecast to pass 34 degrees celsius (93 Fahrenheit) again on Tuesday in what Meteo France called "a heatwave, notable for its early onset and prolonged duration.""Well, it's warm," said French player Arthur Rinderknech after he won on Monday. "We're not used to that warmth in Paris at the French Open."In the early rounds at Roland Garros, the first match starts at 11am (0900GMT) and even fans without show-court tickets can watch matches on the mostly unshaded outer courts until after sunset.Out on court 14, Corinne and Ray from Victoria, in Canada, had avoided sitting as they watched Iva Jovic beat Alexandra Eala in Tuesday's midday sun. "The seats are so hot," Corinne said. "So we stood at the rail." "We're not used to this heat, but who is?"A few yards away Mike Lipschutz from Boca Raton in Florida said he was."It was great," he said. "It felt like home." His friend Jim, a New Yorker who did not want to give his surname, was less happy."I was freaking out. I had a towel on my head. I had a hat. I was hid behind those lights." Mike's wife Risa said they had come an hour early to chose their seats."We're from South Florida. So we're used to the heat," she said. Noah from Charleston was downing a cool drink in the shade of a concession stand."It's tough, but you know, I think it's something that we all sort of expected," he said."It's worse than it normally is in Paris, but there's plenty of areas to find shade, drinking plenty of water. Great tennis to enjoy. "It's brutal. I've seen a couple of people look like they're more tired than others." He said he had learned to cope with extreme heat growing up in the American south.It was a point echoed by American player Ben Shelton, who said the conditions "would help the US Group in this tournament.""All of us live in Florida, so that physical part becomes less of a factor," he said."The heat is a factor and is going to help us.