It seemed he might get a reprieve when rain halted play with Berdych leading 6-4 3-4 but they returned to court at 8.40pm and, not for the first time this week, Murray failed to get going after the break.

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If there's more rain, you might expect to see it in the lee of Green Mountain's central peak and there is indeed a rainier strip, the locals say, stretching across the island from Two Boats to Comfortless Cove, a frequent source of teatime drizzle in the rainier months.

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With heavy rain having made the Welford Road pitch very boggy it suggested the visitors might take a more conservative approach than usual but there was no sign of that when the game started.

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It might be contained by this weekend, thanks to ranks of brave men and women who fought ceaselessly and a rain that turned our river black today.

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