Getting the second round of the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Betting Championships underway proved to be an exercise in futility. Mother Nature just did not want to cooperate on Tuesday, ultimately forcing the cancellation of play.
The problems began when a dense fog hanging over the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the morning left a heavy coat of dew on the grass courts.
A brief rain shower then passed through, forcing the matches to be postponed for 2 1/2 hours.
Play got underway at 1:30 p.m., only to be suspended again by another rain delay 32 minutes later.
The shower again lasted only briefly, and head groundskeeper Dan Robillard’s crew was back on the courts with walk-behind blowers attempting to dry out the grass.
Play resumed an hour and 20 minutes later, but the rain soon returned – much heavier this time and accompanied by thunder and lightning. At that point, the decision was made to suspend the matches until Wednesday.
Needless to say, no matches were completed Tuesday. Sebastien Grosjean had taken the lead in his match against American Kevin Kim, winning the first set, 6-4.
On Court 1, Philipp Petzschner of Germany won his first set, 6-4, against Horacio Zeballas of Argentina, but was trailing Zeballas, 4-3, in the second set.
On Court 2, Samuel Groth of Australia won his first set, 7-5, against Ricardo Mello of Brazil, but was behind, 3-0, in the second set.
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