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A tennis fan arrives at Flushing Meadows dressed as the Statue of Liberty and takes refuge under an umbrella

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Eager tennis fans have a long wait before play starts in New York as the rain continues

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The Flushing Meadows ground crew get to work on the court surface before the entrance of Jennifer Capriati and Elena Dementieva

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Jennifer Capriati takes full advantage of the 13 minutes on court, racing to a 4-0 lead over Dementieva before the rain returns

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But the rain frequently interrupts play and Capriati must battle through three rain delays

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The rain prevents Andre Agassi match against Taylor Dent from getting under way as all four men's quarter-finals are postponed

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After six hours and 37 minutes Capriati finally seals a place in the quarter-finals with a 6-7 7-5 win over the sixth seeded Russian

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Russian Dinara Safina struggles from the off against French Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne, losing the first set 6-0

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Henin-Hardenne grabs a comfortable 6-0 6-3 win to make it into the last eight, needing just 57 minutes to beat the 17-year-old

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Italy's Francesca Schiavone wins the first game of her match against Japan's Ai Sugiyama in just six minutes

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But Sugiyama battles back to level at 6-6 in the opening set before rain halts play for the day