Play washed out at Queen's Club

Heavy and persistent rain prevented any play at the $800,000 Stella Artois ATP tennis event today.

Heavy and persistent rain prevented any play at the $800,000 Stella Artois ATP tennis event today.

The men's grasscourt tournament, at London's Queen's Club, now plans to play both semifinal matches and the final on Sunday.

Britain's Tim Henman, seeded fourth, is scheduled to play seventh-seeded South African and former champion Wayne Ferreira on Centre Court at 10:00 GMT on Sunday.

Second seed Pete Sampras plays third-seeded defending champion Lleyton Hewitt, of Australia, in a repeat of last year's final, at the same time on Court One.

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The final, on Centre Court, is scheduled to be played not before 13:30 GMT. Rain is also forecast for Sunday and organisers said they had set aside Monday as a contingency day if play could not be completed by Sunday evening.

-Reuters