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LONDON (Reuters) - Wimbledon's Centre Court roof was set to close again on day three of the championhips as rain showers delayed the start of play on Wednesday.
Players scheduled for matches starting at 1100 GMT were confined to the locker room with light rain falling at the All England Club.
However, organisers said the opening match on Centre Court featuring five-times women's singles champion Venus Williams would start on time at 1200 GMT with the roof closed.
The American, whose flappy zip-up playsuit caused a stir on Monday, plays 40-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date-Krumm.
Later on Centre Court, men's defending champion Rafa Nadal takes on American Ryan Sweeting and a third American, Andy Rod****, completes the programme on the 15,000-seater arena against Victor Hanescu.
British hope Andy Murray is second on Court One against Germany's Tobias Kamke, although fans without tickets hoping to watch the fourth seed on the giant screen on Henman Hill could be disappointed.
When he played under the roof on Monday organisers switched off the screen because of health and safety fears.
Organisers said drier spells were expected later on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Ed Osmond)
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Players scheduled for matches starting at 1100 GMT were confined to the locker room with light rain falling at the All England Club.
However, organisers said the opening match on Centre Court featuring five-times women's singles champion Venus Williams would start on time at 1200 GMT with the roof closed.
The American, whose flappy zip-up playsuit caused a stir on Monday, plays 40-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date-Krumm.
Later on Centre Court, men's defending champion Rafa Nadal takes on American Ryan Sweeting and a third American, Andy Rod****, completes the programme on the 15,000-seater arena against Victor Hanescu.
British hope Andy Murray is second on Court One against Germany's Tobias Kamke, although fans without tickets hoping to watch the fourth seed on the giant screen on Henman Hill could be disappointed.
When he played under the roof on Monday organisers switched off the screen because of health and safety fears.
Organisers said drier spells were expected later on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Ed Osmond)
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