Semifinal matches moved to Sunday after rain soaks grass courts at Hall of Fame Championships
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The semifinal matches at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships were pushed back a day after heavy rain wiped out most of play on Saturday afternoon.
Following a rain-delayed, 90-minute on-court enshrinement ceremony for the 2013 class of the International Tennis Hall of Fame — which includes Martina Hingis — and nearly a two-hour delay, wild card Nicolas Mahut of France and American Michael Russell played three points before rain moved back into the area.
The other semifinal match between two-time defending champion John Isner, the No. 2 seed, and Australian Lleyton Hewitt, seeded fourth, never got underway. Hewitt called it "a long day" as he departed.
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Both semifinals will be played early Sunday, with Isner and Hewitt on center court and the other match on a side court.
The final is scheduled for Sunday afternoon.