Action has yet to resume in Flushing, N.Y. as rain and winds are continuing to prevent playable conditions at the U.S. Open. Earlier, U.S. Open officials were hopeful that they would get a window from the weather at 3 pm and announced that they would try to play all three matches simultaneously. Such an opening has yet to happen and the battering of rain at the venue does not leave much hope that it will happen any time soon.
Last night, Rafael Nadal was taking on Fernando Gonzalez when play was suspended at 2-2 in the second set to let a light drizzling pass. A light drizzle turned into a 75-minute rain delay, but they were able to resume the match and were nearly able to finish the second set. With Nadal leading 3-2 in the tiebreak, all the hard work the ground crew had put into thoroughly drying the courts was undone when the rain picked back up.
On Friday -- in addition to resuming the Nadal-Gonzales quarterfinals matchup -- Serena Williams was set to play Kim Clijsters and Caroline Wozniacki was scheduled to take on Yanina Wickmayer to settle the women's semifinals. Since only the weather can truly say when these matches might move forward, in the meantime why not enjoy some rainy tennis photos after the jump.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Spectators wait out the rain delay during day twelve of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2009 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Spectators wait out the rain delay during day twelve of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2009 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Court technicians tend to the court during day twelve of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2009 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Court technicians tend to the court during day twelve of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2009 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
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Spectators walk through a downpour outside the Arthur Ashe Stadium during weather delays at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Ball girl Jamila Ashley Brady, left, plays a computer rock band game with ball boys while waiting for play to start after inclement weather delays at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Ball girl Kaylin Veuske, from Kaukauna, Wisc., reads a book while waiting for play to start after inclement weather delays at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Court workers dry center court as rain delays the start of the women's semifinals US Open match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center September 11, 2009 in New York. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Ball boys and girls play cards while waiting for play to start after inclement weather delays at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Workers squeegee the court in Arthur Ashe Stadium before the start of play at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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