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Posted at 1:20 p.m., Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Tennis: Wimbledon at a glance

Associated Press

A look at Wimbledon today:

Attendance: 32,022. Last year: 34,473.

Weather: Rain throughout the day delayed play six times. High of 66 degrees.

Schedule: Only seven singles matches were completed. Three men's singles matches were suspended in progress; one was postponed entirely. One women's singles match was suspended in progress. Overall, the tournament is 177 matches behind schedule, including eight men's and five women's singles matches.

Wednesday's Forecast: Light showers. High of 66.

Men's Completed Matches: No. 20 Juan Carlos Ferrero def. Janko Tipsarevic 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in fourth round; No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko def. Gael Monfils 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, No. 16 Lleyton Hewitt def. No. 22 Guillermo Canas 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the third round.

Women's Completed Matches: No. 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-2, No. 6 Ana Ivanovic def. No. 11 Nadia Petrova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, No. 14 Nicole Vaidisova def. No. 14 Amelie Mauresmo 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-1, No. 18 Marion Bartoli def. Jelena Jankovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the fourth round.

Top Players On Court tomorrow: No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 28 Robin Soderling (suspended match), No. 3 Andy Roddick vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu (suspended match); No. 1 Justine Henin vs. No. 7 Serena Williams, No. 2 Maria Sharapova vs. No. 23 Venus Williams (suspended match).

Stat of the Day: 3 — Points played in the Sharapova-Williams match today before it was suspended.

Quote of the Day: "It's ghastly." — Tournament referee Andrew Jarrett, speaking about the rain-created backlog of matches.