Thursday sees plenty of action but the inevitable arrival of showers calls a halt to proceedings late in the afternoon

Earlier, Roger Federer takes on Juan Carlos Ferrero on Centre in what is the defending champion's first match since Friday

Ferrero starts brightly against a ring-rusty Federer and the first set is tantalisingly poised at 5-5 when rain intervenes

Vaidisova also has to cope with a rain delay but returns to take the first set in her quarter-final against Ana Ivanovic

Ivanovic produces the perfect reply and wins five games in a row to take the second set 6-2 and go 1-0 up in the third

Vaidisova reasserts herself in the third but then squanders three match points and Ivanovic hauls it back to 5-5

Ivanovic holds and then breaks serve to win 6-4 2-6 5-7, booking a semi-final place against Venus Williams

Lleyton Hewitt drops the opening two sets 6-7 6-7 against Novak Djokovic in their fourth-round duel

Hewitt takes the third set in a typically dogged fightback but Djokovic holds on to wrap up a 7-6 6-7 6-2 7-6 win

Rafael Nadal is made to sweat against Mikhail Youzhny and drops the first set against the Russian 6-4

Youzhny keeps Nadal on the ropes and takes the second set but the Spaniard comes back strongly to take the next two

Youzhny struggles with a back injury but can't resist Nadal's heroic comeback, succumbing in five sets 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-2

Venus Williams races away with the first set against Svetlana Kuznetsova in their quarter-final on Centre Court

Kuznetsova keeps scrapping in the second and survives four match points before Williams seals it 6-3 6-4

Marcos Baghdatis makes his way into the quarter-finals with a 7-6 7-6 6-3 win over Nikolay Davydenko

Jonas Bjorkman struggles to hinder Tomas Berdych's progress to the quarters and goes out 6-4 6-0 6-7 6-0