Wimbledon:Rafael Nadal was in a final-set fight when rain forced his third-round clash with Robin Soderling into a second day.
Having won the opening two sets, the second seed missed a match point in the third set shortly before a rain delayed.
When the players returned, Soderling fought back and appeared to have the momentum going into the fifth set, although Nadal was a break up in the decider when play was abandoned for the day.
The scoreboard read 6-4 6-4 6-7 (7/9) 4-6 2-0 at the time and the pair will now have to complete the match tomorrow.
Elsewhere Marcos Baghdatis was a comfortable victor over 2002
runner-up David Nalbandian.
The 10th seed, a semi-finalist in SW19 last season, eased to
a 6-2 7-5 6-0 win to move into the last 16.
Baghdatis, who won a remarkable 89 per cent of points on his first serve, had taken control and led by a set and 2-1 when the match was interrupted by rain.
When they returned, Baghdatis took full control by breaking Nalbandian in the 12th game, the Argentine saving two set points from 0-40 before losing the third.
A one-sided third set followed as Baghdatis set up a fourth-round meeting with either Nikolay Davydenko or Gael Monfils. Davydenko led by two sets and 3-0 when play was halted.
"I'm pretty happy, playing good," said Baghdatis. "It's tough conditions but I'm going through every match, playing quite good. I'm really happy I'm winning.
"I had pressure before starting on grass but, after playing good in Halle, the pressure went out because I saw that my game suits to this surface and I feel quite good on it.
"Grass is beautiful, I love it. I feel good on the surface so it takes a bit of the pressure off."
Nalbandian was critical of the decision not to play on middle Sunday with the bottom half of the men's draw behind schedule.
"It didn't surprise me because but it's always like this here but I don't agree," he said.
"Nobody agrees. The bottom half have to play today, tomorrow and the day after. Why? It's very tough on the players."
Tomas Berdych also progressed earlier in the day, winning 6-4 7-6 (7/2) 7-6 (7/3) against Hyung-Taik Lee.
Berdych was a set to the good but 3-2 down in the second, which was on serve, when play was suspended on Saturday, but he did not slip up when they resumed, winning two tie-breaks to move into round four.
There he will play 35-year-old Swede Jonas Bjorkman, who enjoyed a 6-2 6-1 6-4 win over fellow golden oldie Wayne Arthurs, 36, a result which brought the curtain down on the Australian's colourful career.