Elena Baltacha and Laura Robson left frustrated by wet weather
Robson was due to meet Maria Sharapova on Court One after the match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Grigor Dimitrov. But with that clash still in progress when rain started falling just after 7:20pm, tournament officials called Robson's game off for the day. Baltacha was also left kicking her heels in the locker room, with her Court 17 clash against Shuai Peng - originally scheduled for Court Two until the games started backing up - also put back to today.
Others to be left without any play were women's number one Caroline Wozniacki and the number nine seed Marion Bartoli, who were due to meet Virginie Razzano and Lourdes Dominguez Lino respectively.
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