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Summary
US Open officials admitted partial defeat on a day of demoralising rain, with womens semi-finals cancelled and the conclusion of the interrupted mens quarter-finals between Rafael Nadal and Fernando Gonzalez in danger from the weather. Kim Clijsters and second-seeded holder Serena Williams were both told late afternoon that their match would not go on. The same grim news was handed to Danish ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki and Belgian outsider Yanina Wickmayer. Officials were hoping against the odds that they could somehow conclude the Nadal-Gonzalez match, which stood 7-6 (7-4), 6-6 (3-2) in the Spaniards favour after being interrupted for a second time just before midnight Thursday. The weather problems are made even worse by the scheduling habits of the Open, which insists on putting two mens semi-finals and the womens final on Saturday to rake in millions in television dollars.
