Play resumes at US Open after rain delay

NEW YORK (AFP) –

Groundstaff walk on court as the rain pours down interrupting play during Day One of the 2012 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Play resumed at the US Open on Monday after a two-hour, 15-minute delay caused by heavy rain.

Play resumed at the US Open on Monday after a two-hour, 15-minute delay caused by heavy rain.

Only four women’s singles matches had been completed in the 90 minutes of play possible with defending champion Samantha Stosur safely through to the second round with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Petra Martic of Croatia.