The women's tournament in England has been hit even harder by weather, with only one of four scheduled matches played by Saturday evening due to rain.
Tail-enders Benn and Ravi Rampaul, though, conjured a half century partnership to illuminate the rain-delayed evening session's play and edge their side into the lead.
"It started to rain really hard in the evening, and began to flood, " said Augustina Garcia Orsi, a 25-year-old student.
But my best memories of the cottage are of the screened-in porch out back, reading in a chaise longue, listening to an afternoon rain shower and, one evening, the insistent call of a whip-poor-will.
The remnants of Allison dumped about 3 inches of rain in most areas on Saturday evening, but nearly 9 inches was recorded in the hardest-hit areas of Doylestown and Willow Grove.
It is also why, later that evening, after finally leaving the office, the rain still drumming on the dirty skylights of my corporate apartment, I wrote this.
Rain showers could hit the area Sunday evening, forecasters say.
On the red carpet, the earthquake in Haiti and rain over Los Angeles dampened the Golden Globes Sunday evening.
"Additionally, areas of heavy rain will develop across parts of northern England during Sunday afternoon and evening, although lacking the intensity of the storms further south, " the Met Office said.
And by mid-evening the Square was almost completely deserted, with its wet cobbles gleaming in the rain.
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After requiring a fairly tortuous rain-hit two days before seeing off Juan Ignacio Chela on Thursday evening, Murray was back on court 20 hours later to face Baghdatis.
Rain and sleet is forecast to move in from the south late on Thursday evening, turning increasingly to snow.
On Wednesday evening seven pumps at Wheal Jane were working at "full capacity" following the heavy rain, yet water levels were continuing to rise.
We just got to witness history, folks: Alfredo Rodriguez waited an hour in the miserable New York rain for the privilege of snapping up his Sprint store's very first retail Pre at this evening's invite-only Premier customers event.
Farther east and south, more typical spring storms -- meaning possible severe thunderstorms with hail, heavy rain and gusty winds -- were expected to visit the southern Plains and Mississippi River Valley by Wednesday evening.
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