Nadal forced into third day
From correspondents in London
July 04, 2007 RAFAEL Nadal's rain-affected match against Robin Soderling was suspended at 4-4 in the final set and will stretch into a third day at Wimbledon after only 20 minutes of play was completed overnight.
French Open champion Nadal, who squandered a match point in the third-round tie on Tuesday (AEST), returned to Court No.1 2-0 up in the fifth set but a nervous start gave Soderling the break and the Swede held his service game to level the score.
Spain's Nadal pulled off a wonder shot to take the next game, diving to his right and gently dropping the ball over the net.
But then inevitably the rain, which has plagued the match since the players initially began warming up on Sunday, returned after just eight minutes of play.
Nadal was on the back foot once again when play resumed, saving two break points.
However the session only lasted 12 minutes before the storms returned with the No.2 seed preparing to serve and the score at 6-4 6-4 6-7 4-6 4-4.
It was the fifth rain break of the match.
WADH!!!!!!....more gold from AG....big brother is close to finishing, whats the tip??? Andrew???
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:01 pm
did Nadal do a hammy just before the delay??? ALL ABOARD...
