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Posted: Monday June 28, 1999 04:34 PM

Tennis fans shelter from the rain under their umbrellas on the seventh day of the championships. AP

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- The schedule for "Super Monday" was supposed to feature all 16 men's and women's fourth-round matches. But because of the rain delays only five were completed by the time play was called off at 7:30 p.m.

The Centre Court match between Britain's Tim Henman and Jim Courier was halted by a downpour late in the day. Henman, seeking to avenge a loss to Courier in the Davis Cup, was up two sets to one -- 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 4-3.

Seven-time women's champ Steffi Graf was leading Belgian qualifier Kim Clijsters 6-2, 4-2.

Venus Williams and Anna Kournikova never got on court for their highly anticipated Centre Court match.

Boris Becker, the 31-year-old three-time champion back for a last hurrah, and Patrick Rafter, the two-time U.S. Open champion, had their match postponed until Tuesday.

Also put off for a day were the matches pitting Todd Martin vs. Goran Ivanisevic, Greg Rusedski vs. Mark Philippoussis, Pete Sampras vs. Daniel Nestor, and Lisa Raymond vs. Alexandra Stevenson.

In suspended matches, Cedric Pioline led Karol Kucera 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0; Nathalie Tauziat was up 6-3, 0-1 against Dominique Van Roost; and Mirjana Lucic was tied 5-5 with Tamarine Tanasugarn.

 

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