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  • 27
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    2012
    2:58pm, EDT

    Soggy, wet start to the US Open Tennis Tournament

    Peter Foley / EPA

    Fans seek shelter from heavy rain after play was suspended on the first day of the 2012 US Open Tennis Championship.

    Kathy Willens / AP

    Ian Long, left center, and Janet Hawkins, right, both of Toronto, take shelter from the rain under plastic during the first round of play at the 2012 US Open Tennis tournament, Aug. 27.

    Larry W. Smith / EPA

    Rain falls on center court after play was suspended on the first day of the 2012 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.

    Plastic bags seemed like sensible attire instead of tennis whites for those attending the opening day at the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament in Flushing, New York today.

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