Play at Wimbledon was abandoned today without a ball being struck. It was the first wash-out at the championships since 1999.
Rain and blustery winds beset southwest London for the whole of the third day of play and the covers never came off the courts at the All England Club.
Encouraged by Met Office forecasts calling for fewer showers and some bright intervals later in the day, organisers announced several putative new start times but they came and went without any improvement in the weather.
With the first round yet to be completed, organisers have moved the start of play forward for tomorrow and Friday.
Matches are now scheduled to get underway at 11 a.m. local time on the outer courts.
In addition, matches in the men's doubles have been reduced from best-of-five to best-of-three sets up until the quarter-final stage.
