Olympics: Erakovic thwarted by rain

Marina Erakovic will have to return to the tennis court tonight in her first round match at the Olympics.

Torrential rain has ended play at 1am Beijing time with the scores locked at one-set all.

Erakovic has blown what should have been a straight sets victory.

She took the first set against Japans Ayumi Morita 7-5, served for the match at 7 points to 6 in the second set tie break but a weak service point proved costly as Morita prevailed.

The eventual winner will face Chinas Ni La, who has knocked out third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.

- NEWSTALK ZB