Murray looked poised to level the scores when rain abandoned play

Murray, 19, was poised to level his first-round match against Serbian Janko Tipsarevic when rain stopped play.

Having lost the first set 7-6 (7-3), Murray battled back to lead the second 5-2 with advantage to his opponent.

The two men are due back on court at 1130 BST on Wednesday. Tim Henman and world number two Rafael Nadal feature in later matches.

Report: Murray fights back at Queen's

Murray's volatile temper showed itself once again when he was given a code violation for foul language during the first-set tie-break.

Murray was caught up in a similar controversy in April when the British Davis Cup team were fined �1,434 for his foul-mouthed outburst at the umpire when he was playing Tipsarevic's Serbian team-mates.

The Scottish teenager made a patchy start to his singles campaign at Queen's Club, squandering several chances to take control before conceding the first set.

He blew an early break to fall a break behind himself, and had to save three set points on his own serve in the ninth game in order to keep the set alive.

But more errors allowed Tipsarevic to race through the tie-breaker 7-3 and leave Murray with an uphill task.

Murray looked to be heading for an early exit when he feebly dropped his opening service game of the second set but battled back strongly to break his Serbian opponent twice in succession.

Having squandered one set point on the Tipsarevic serve, the set was left at 5-2 when the black clouds finally burst and play was suspended.

Murray is aiming to join compatriot Tim Henman in the second round after the other four Britons all went out.

Jamie Baker and Alex Bogdanovic both lost in their first-round matches on Tuesday, while Greg Rusedski and Martin Lee were defeated the day before.

Baker went down 6-1 6-3 to in-form American Mardy Fish in his first ATP Tour event and Bogdanovic lost 7-6 6-4 to experienced Russian Dmitry Tursunov.

Baker said: "The key thing was how well I could settle down and it could not have been a worse start for me really. I was more excited than nervous."