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8pm. Right, that's it from us folks. We'll be back tomorrow morning. Thanks for all of your questions and comments. We're praying for some sunshine!

7.55pm. More look-a-likes for you all ... Chichi Okebalama from the USA has emailed to say Rafael Nadal is a cross between singer Josh Groban and Lionel Messi from FC Barcelona. And Vaidee Iyer from Canada reckons Mikhail Youzhny has more of a resemblance to Mathew Perry (Chandler Bing of Friends fame) than Justin Timberlake.

7.30pm. Let’s not dwell on this afternoon’s wash out. The order of play has just been released for tomorrow and it looks quite tasty. Let's just hope the sun shines.

Centre Court

Tomas Berdych (CZE) [7] V Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2]

Roger Federer (SUI) [1] V Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) [20]

Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [6] V Venus Williams (USA) [23]

No. 1 Court

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) [10] V Novak Djokovic (SRB) [4]

Andy Roddick (USA) [3] V Richard Gasquet (FRA) [12]

Justine Henin (BEL) [1] V Marion Bartoli (FRA) [18]

7.15pm. It’s all over. Play has been cancelled for the day due to the rain and the bad light. We will start all over again tomorrow at 11am.

7.10pm. Still raining. I don’t want to alarm you but the BBC are now showing the Borg McEnroe final from 1980. That is usually the precursor to a major downpour. It never fails – wheel out the old boys and the heavens open. They ought to know better.

I’m not quite sure what I’ve started here with the looky-likeys. Jude from the Philippines is the latest one of you guys to notice that Andy Roddick is a dead ringer for Seann William Scott, or Stifler from the American Pie movies.

Jude was also wondering about bowing and curtseying to the dignitaries in the Royal Box. That tradition actually ended a couple of years ago. When the news was broken to Andre Agassi, he was devastated and there was even a wee hint of a tear in his eye.

6.51pm. Cyril from France is intrigued by the earlier post about small furry animals leaving the complex in pairs. What species are they, he asks? They are Wombles, the Wombles of Wimbledon Common, small helpful creatures who keep the surrounding area neat and tidy by recycling the litter and cleaning up after the rest of us. You can get the full story about their habits, history and lifestyle by checking on the internet.

6.42pm. Asad, from the USA, thinks that Jimmy Connors and Nick Faldo must have been separated at birth. He thinks they are twins. Nice one Asad. Keep ‘em coming.

6.38pm. The skies are still leaking slowly. John McEnroe is still talking to Sue Barker on the BBC. That man can talk for America. During the US Open, he does the commentary for USA network and CBS (but not at the same time) and has been known to talk from morning till night, while standing up, and while barely pausing for breath. Sue could be there for some time.

6.32pm. Lori from Canada wants to know why we call Wimbledon “SW19”. Please, miss, I know this one. SW19 is the post code (the UK version of a zip code) for the area.

6.25pm Raphaena from the USA reckons that Rafa Nadal looks like Josh Hartnett. Admittedly, being as old as Methuselah’s granny, I needed help with identifying the aforementioned Mr H but now I’ve seen his pic, I’m not sure I agree with Raphaena. What does anyone else think?

6.13pm. Hurrah! We’ve just had an announcement that the wet weather should last for no more than another hour and then we should be off and playing again. Life is looking up.

6.09pm. Tent still up on Centre Court. No sign of boy scouts making useful gadgets out of twigs but there have been sightings of small furry animals leaving the complex, paw-in-paw and two by two. Worse still, the press room coffee machine is broken. I predict a riot, as the song goes.

6.06pm. Hi all, it’s Alix here, dodging the drips and hiding in the website team bunker. Jessica B from the USA was agreeing with Laura from Finland about Mr Youzhny being a looky-likey for Justin Timberlake.

I’ve got a few more for you: Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool’s Dutch star) and David Nalbandian. Or what about Greg Rusedski and Ruud Van Nistelrooy - like two peas in a pod (although, to be fair, the pod must have been quite large. You wouldn't get many of them to the pound). Or Radek Stepanek, the affianced of Martina Hingis, is the spitting image of Homer Simpson?

6.03pm: Uday Krishnan wants weather updates on the site, with the possibility of play, expected start times etc. Well this page is the closest you'll get, I'm afraid and we've done so many weather updates this week, we're expecting a head-hunting call from the Met Office any time now. Seriously, as soon as we hear anything from the weather gurus in the referee's office, then we'll tell you.

6.00pm: Sridhar Krishnan asks how she can get a job on the Wimbledon website team. Well Drew managed to do it by cheekily writing an advertisement for himself on the French Open blog. However, everyone else responded to adverts on the Wimbledon website. Normally most of the web team come back year after year, but if there are any vacancies we'll be putting them on www.wimbledon.org. So keep checking the website even after Wimbledon's over. Still raining here at SW19 I'm afraid.

5.40pm: Bill Hosman asks what the reason was for removing the roof on Centre Court two years before the retractable roof was put on. "I hope there's a very good reason, as players have been contending with squirrelly winds out there this week" he says. I've asked around and been told that there are indeed very good reasons for this. It's apparently a hugely complicated piece of engineering work to construct a retractable roof on Centre Court and effectively the All England Club has had to reinforce and rebuild huge sections of the old stadium to cope with the massive weight of the new roof. Next year we'll have a roof again and the year after there will this retractable thingy, so the squirrelly wind is only for this year.

5.28pm: Esteban Leo of the Dominican Republic asks whether there will be any more play today. Well we can only hope. The rain isn't that bad - it's frustrating light - but it is persistent. The light's also pretty bad out there. We're twiddling our thumbs waiting for the weather to improve.

5.25pm: It's David here now, as Sally's popped out to get a cuppa. There's nothing more depressing at Wimbledon than the pale blue of the taurpauline inflated to the full with grey skies above. That’s the scene here at the All England Club at the moment with the rain still hanging around. There’s no action anywhere apart from a few fans meandering around the grounds with oversized umbrellas. Apparently the shop’s done a roaring trade in them this year.

Incidently, we have a Peter Rudik of the Slovak Republic who complains that if “there is one drop of rain, play is immediately interrupted.” Unfortunately, when you have grass courts, a little bit of rain can make the grass greasy, making it more likely that players will slip.

5.15pm: Latest news on the rain. Apparently we’re about half way through this rain delay. The rain is sometimes light, sometimes moderate. If I was walking out there I wouldn’t bother with an umbrella, but the grass does get greasy really quickly. And the chaps and chapesses do move around pretty speedily on court. They’d be in danger of pulling muscles all over the place if they were out there.

If we’re half way through this rain delay, that would mean play starting up again about 6.45pm. It’s plenty light enough, it really is only dripping a bit of rain really.

5.05pm Hello to Niki from Malaysia who emailed in to say they’ve only just found the log. This is the first year we’ve done ‘As it Happens’, so don’t feel too bad that you’ve only just found us. I hope you enjoy reading for the rest of The Championships.

Laura from Finland asks if we “think Mikhail Youzhny looks a bit like Justin Timberlake?”

Laura, a straw poll of the team here had the girls saying ‘no way’ and the boys saying ‘um, ah, shaved hair…’ so make up your own mind.

News is a bit worse on the rain front sadly. The covers are up, inflated and glistening with gentle rain. Bother, bother, bother.

4.50pm Michael from the USA asks when the last British winners were at Wimbledon. Here’s a full run down for you Michael. It doesn’t make that happy reading. Any suggestions for us?

The most recent British champions at Wimbledon are:

Men’s singles: Fred Perry in 1936

Ladies singles: Virginia Wade in 1977

Men’s doubles: George Hughes and Charles Tuckey in 1936

Ladies doubles: Angela Buxton, with Althea Gibson of the USA, in 1956

Mixed doubles: Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie in 1987

Boy’s singles Stanley Matthews in 1962

Boy’s doubles: Martin Lee and James Trotman in 1995

Girl’s singles Annabel Croft in 1984

Girl’s doubles: Elizabeth Jelfs, with her South African partner Esme DeVilliers in 1994

Covers still on, still spitting gently. We’re hopeful of more play today.

4.30pm Young Hanna from Serbia asks if there are “any shirtless pictures from Novak after his win?”

Our big boss man David has gone to ask the pix boys for you Hanna. I’ll report back.

Cat Cat from Qatar asks what are those little clip things the players clip to their rackets' strings?

Mike here, who’s a coach, says they’re shock absorbers or vibration dampeners to stop the vibrations going all the way up the arm. The strings move around while they’re playing so that’s why players fiddle with them all the time.

The covers are still on and it’s spitting a bit. Sorry to say.

4.05pm. Time to catch up on a few of your questions.

Sobe asks “Has there been any news on the Williams sisters doubles?”

Yes, the Williams’ sisters have withdrawn from the doubles. I think Serena’s injury was not worth exacerbating.

Tanya asks why are courts 13 and 18 also considererd main courts.

Courts 13 and 18 are considered show courts because they have a good few seats for spectators to watch from. Court 13 has a capacity of 1,541 and Court 18 can seat 782 spectators.

Oliver from Germany and Saulo from Brazil both ask about the Juniors’ Doubles competition.

I haven’t seen any juniors’ doubles matches being played, but the boys’ and girls’ singles are well under way.

Vanessa asks “At this rate will there be any play on Monday?”

The All England Club is still hopeful of getting everything done by Sunday.

3.50pm And here it comes, the rain has arrived, 10 minutes earlier than the forecast this morning. It’s pretty light and airy rain guys and gals. So keep checking in. There’s been no inflating of covers yet, so that’s optimistic, and the sky has not darkened to a brooding Heathcliff frown.

The Federer/Ferrero match is neatly poised at 5-5, 40-40 on the Fed serve. He’s looked a tad rusty this set, it must be said. A bit of a break might give him a chance to recollect his thoughts.

3.45pm In the match of two Fs (Federer and Ferrero), both bandana-ed, Rodge the Dodge has just been broken by Juan-Carlos. This levels the match.

Mr. Roddick and Monsieur Gasquet have emerged onto Court No. 1 for their quarter-final knockabout.

And after a whole basket of match points, Brits and wild card entrants Bogdanovic and South are through to the quarter-finals in the mixed.

3.37 pm We’re getting quite excited in the website team here as Brits Bogdanovic and South are 5-1 up in the second set against the 13th seeds Wassen and Chan. And they already have the first set.

Oh-my-goodness, so keen am I to see FedEx in action, I see Djokovic has pulled out a gutsy win against Lleyton Hewitt, winning all three of his sets on tie-breaks.

3.30pm Hello all, Sally here again. You’ll all be thrilled to read that Roger Federer (remember him?) is on Centre Court, after a six day holiday. He’s already 4-1 up

The Hewitt/Djokovic marathon is in a fourth set tie-breaker.

15.18: The giant killers of the mixed doubles world are back in action. The British pairing of Alex Bogdanovic and Melanie South dumped out the top seeds of the tournament yesterday and they’re a set to the good out on Court 2 against the 13th seeds Wassen and Chan.

Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa are through but their 6-4 victory in fifth set was a little more straightforward than yesterday’s marathon match (which finished 28-26 in the final set, if you remember).

15.04: It feels like we haven’t seen him in ages (well since Friday to be precise) but I can confirm the blazer is back. That’s right Mr Roger Federer and his 1920’s outfit is out on Centre Court warming up with Juan Carlos Ferrero, his quarter-final opponent.

14.57: It looks like day 10 of the 121st Championships could be one of comebacks. After saving three match points, Ivanovic broke twice in a row to take the match! You’ve got to feel sorry for poor Vaidisova - she sealed defeat with a double fault.

14.49: There’s drama on Centre. Vaidisova had three match points but Ivanovic broke back and the final set is level once more at 5-5.

14.37: Remember Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa? These are the guys that won the 5th set of their second round match 28-26 – a Wimbledon record for number of games played in one set. Well the Brazilian duo are back on court and, surprise surprise, their match has gone to five. However, it doesn’t’ look like they’ll break any more records as they’re leading 3-1.

14.22: Nadal wins! The Spaniard let out a huge sigh of relief after coming back from two sets down against Youzhny. Better still, he completed a match without a rain delay!

14.13: I forgot to say, there’s been a turn around on Centre Court. Ivanovic has taken the second set to level her match against Vaidisova. And speaking of turn arounds, the one on Court 2 is almost complete as Nadal is 5-1 up in the fifth.

14.05: Loads of people have been emailing in about Bob Bryan and Samantha Stosur’s withdrawal from the mixed doubles. Well, I’ve done some digging and found out Stosur is suffering from a stomach bug.

FYI –There might be an Australian fight back on the cards. Hewitt has taken the third set.

13.52: As predicted, Court 2 is getting its money’s worth. Nadal vs Youzhny has gone to five sets. Tomas Berdych has booked his place in the quarter-finals with a thunderous cross-court backhand. He was up against Jonas Bjorkman.

1.44pm: Nicole Vaidisova has taken the opening set against Ana Ivanovic. She got an early break and didn’t let her Serbian opponent get back into it.

1.38pm: Periklis has this message for Mr Baghdatis: “The whole island of Cyprus is very proud for this young talent. We hope for a better Wimbledon than last year (meaning the Final!!!)”

1.34pm: Youzhny fans have two things to worry about. He’s getting more treatment on what now looks like a lower back injury and he’s a break down in the fourth against Nadal. We may have another five-setter on our hands.

1.30pm: Covers are off the show courts. The shortest rain delay ever?

1.27pm: Baghdatis wins and the crowd on Court 13 erupts with delight. Nice to see the Cypriot taking the time to thank the fans for their support.

Bit of an odd thing going on with the weather. There’s been a bit of rain. Centre and No. 1 have been covered but play continues on the outside courts.

1.19pm: I think it’s about time for a lightning quick round up so let’s take a tour of the grounds. Vaidisova is a break up against Ivanovic on Centre. Next door Djokovic is two sets up against Mr Hewitt after two tight tie-breaks. Nadal verses Youzhny is still with serve and Baghdatis is two sets and a break to the good against Davydenko.

1.12pm: For those Rafael fans among you, I come bearing good news. He’s taken the third set. For the Youzhny supporters out there, things aren’t looking to rosy. The Russian’s just had an injury time out. There seams to be a problem with his right leg but he’s managed to hold serve in the first game of the fourth set.

1pm Murray (Jamie) and Jankovic have gone to a third set against the number three seeds Mark Knowles and Zi Yan, in what Tim says is one exciting match. Read his report later.

Bjorkman is working his way back into the match against Berdych, it’s into a tie-break.

Who knows whether Nadal is tired or not. I know he’s only played a few minutes each time he’s been out. But he’s still had to be prepped to the nines, even though he’s not been running round the courts like crazy. On the other hand, Youzhny’s playing pretty sharpish. But here we go, Nadal is serving 5-1 up in the third.

OK, I’m off for a bite to eat, and Paul will be escorting you guys for the next while. He’s been working on Radio Wimbledon, so if you listen to that, you might be able to hear him as well as read him. He did a big interview with our very own Cliff Richard yesterday, and boy, does Cliff know his tennis. He can sing a song or two as well.

12.45pm Marcos has just won the second set against Davy on another tie-break.

Ivanovic and Vaidisova are warming up on Centre Court in the last of the ladies’ quarter-finals. This should be an interesting tie. They’ve both been hitting really well here.

Nadal looks like he’s talked himself into raising his game. He’s broken Youzhny’s first serve of the third set, and is leading 3-0.

12.35pm Youzhny has bagged the second set. He now leads Nadal two sets to love.

12.33pm: Venus has WON!!

Nadal has just kept serve to stay in the second set. It’s all happening here. And guess what. It ISN’T raining.

Typo alert! Thanks to Johannes who pointed out I missed out the word ‘twice’ in my last post. It should read: “Youzhny is one of only three players to beat Nadal TWICE in the last 12 months. FedExpress and Tomas Berdych are the other two.”

12.20 pm So, Nadal is 4 -1 down, and a set down against the 14th seed Russian. Nadal does lead the head-to-head count, but only by one, 4-3. This is the first time they’ve met on grass. And all of Youzhny’s wins have been on hard court, and, in fact, all at the quarter-final stage. This is only the fourth round, if that should make any difference.

Youzhny is one of only three players to beat Nadal in the last 12 months. FedExpress and Tomas Berdych are the other two.

Talking of whom, Tomas is riding roughshod over Jonas Bjorkman. He pocketed the first set 6-4, and didn’t let Jonas get a game in the second. Third set just starting.

12.07 pm Brazilian pair Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa, who put out 6th seeds, are crunching their way through their third round match against Christopher Kas and Alexander Peya.

And, oh-my-goodness, Youzhny has broken Rafa’s serve at the start of the second.

Hewitt has just lost the first set to 4th seed Djokovic, after a big tie-break.

11.58 am Tie-breaks abound. Hewitt and Djokovic are in one, so are Davydenko and Baghdatis. And Baghdatis has just taken the set as Davy limply returns one into the net.

11:50 am. Thanks for enquiries after Drew. You’ll be please to know he hasn’t been kicked out. He has nice family commitments to attend to.

Hewitt and Djokovic are neck and neck, at 5-5. Baghdatis is now serving to stay in the first set, how things change. Baghdatis is growing his beard back, and his smile is just as big as ever.

Number 2 seeds in the mixed, Bob Bryan and Samantha Stosur have withdrawn, so French pairing Fabrice Santoro and Severine Bremond have a walkover into the quarters.

Youzhny has just taken the first set against Nadal. Maybe he really is a bit tired having been on court, momentarily at least, every day for the past few days.

11.35 am I know I’m partisan, but Jamie Murray, older brother of Andy, is having great fun in the mixed doubles with Jelena Jankovic. They’re 5-3 up against number 3 seeds Mark Knowles and Zi Yan, and serving for the set.

Davydenko didn’t like Baghdatis breaking serve. He’s broken back to level the match. Svetlana is serving to stay in the first against Venus. Things are all-square in the Nadal-Youzhny encounter. It’s got to be a brave person (Jos) who predicts anyone other than the Big Swiss Cheese will hold off the onslaught of Nadal.

And Venus has just pocketed the first set.

11.24 am Baghdatis has already broken the Davydenko serve. And Svetlana plopped an easy smash which Venus returned for a winner. She’s now 3-1 up. Is there no stopping her? She’s playing like a woman on a mission. And we all know not to get in the way of a woman on a mission, don’t we…

11.20 am. I’ve just been reminded to tell you about WimbledonLIVE, where you can watch any of the matches today. So if your fave player is not on one of the main courts, subscribe and watch. It’s £2.50 just for one day, or £12.50 for the whole Championships, so you can backtrack a couple of days if you missed a match from earlier in the tournament. How cool is that? The link is at the top of this page.

If there are more rain delays, and I’m sorry to say that the current reports suggest rain after 4pm today, it’ll give you something to watch while you’re waiting for the covers cha-cha to finish. Keep sending the sun our way please.

11.15 am Simon has asked about start times. All matches are starting at 11am, and both the Davydenko-Baghdatis and Berdych-Bjorkman encounters are first up, so watch the score tracker for point updates, and I’ll keep you posted too, fret not. So that answers your question too, Czech George.

11.02 am. A ripple of applause found its way down to the website team in the basement as the ball boys and girls and umpires have walked out on the courts.

Venus was on demon form yesterday to put out Maria Sharapova. Can the 23rd seed keep up this level of play? She’s warming up on Centre Court with 5th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, who has only lost one set on her way to the quarter-finals.

10.57am. British wild card entrants and top seed slayers Melanie South and Alex Bogdanovic are up against the 13th seeds Rogier Wassen and Yung-Jan Chan third up on Court 2, so we’ll all be routing for them later today.

Talking of Court 2, that Graveyard of Champions, this is where Rafa takes on Russian 14th seed Mikhail Youzhny, first up.

There’s a load of cracking-looking matches on some of the other show courts. Davydenko is taking on Baghdatis on Court 13. The oldest man left in the tournament, Jonas Bjorkman takes on 21 year old Tomas Berdych on Court 18.

10.20: Good morning one and all. Sally here. We’ve shed tears for Drew’s departure, he’s done sterling work here. I trust the rest of us will provide suitable information and entertainment for the rest of the tournament.

You’ll be delighted to know the sun has been out, the sky has plenty of blue, there’s been no rain for ages, all the roads were completely dry coming in this morning. Everything is set for kick-off at 11am. Get on the edges of your seats for a fab day’s play.

Written by AELTC