Wimbledon 2022 LIVE: Emma Raducanu, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic as rain delays begin

The game is now postponed until at least 12:30 p.m.

Center and Court 1 are covered while Court 3 is under surface inspection. Nerves will be rattling for Ryan Peniston, who will have to wait for his second Grand Slam match.

First up on Court 3 when the game finally starts is Ryan Peniston, who has an extraordinary story.

He said having cancer as a baby was a “blessing in disguise” because it made him “tougher as a player” after winning his debut singles match at Wimbledon.

The 26-year-old wildcard was loudly cheered on by his parents, Paul and Penny, from the sidelines of a packed pitch as they watched his triumph over Switzerland’s Henri Laaksonen.

At the age of one, Peniston was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a tumor near his stomach that required surgery and chemotherapy for years of regular checkups.

The Essex-born player has previously credited his late tennis bloom to fighting as a youngster, as he grew up “a foot shorter than all my peers”.

A few pics from a rainy morning at SW19:

The game is now postponed until at least 12.15pm after a series of light drizzles soaked Wimbledon and smeared the many pitches which had optimistically stripped their covers after the heaviest downpour ended around 11am.

It was a serious mistake to position myself in 3rd place this morning where there is no protection from the rain.

And some of the most important actions on the outdoor courts:

• Anhelina Kalinina vs Lesia Tsurenko (29)
• Tommy Paul vs. Adrian Mannarino (30)
• Panna Udvardy vs. Elise Mertens (24)
• Tim Van Rijthoven vs. Reilly Opelka (15)

• David Goffin vs Sebastian Baez (31)
• Alexander Bublik versus Dusan Lajovic
• Diane Parry vs Mai Hontama
• Lucie Hradecka & Sania Mirza (6) against Magdalena Frech & Beatriz Haddad Maia

• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Miomir Kecmanovic (25)
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Ann Li
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (9) vs. Benjamin Bonzi & Arthur Rinderknech

• Jodie Anna Burrage & Eden Silva vs Arianne Hartono & Demi Schuurs
• Oscar Otte (32) against Christian Harrison
• Nikoloz Basilashvili (22) against Quentin Halys
• Sarah Gray & Yuriko Miyazaki vs. Asia Muhammad & Ena Shibahara (5)

• Shuai Zhang (33) against Marta Kostyuk
• Jiri Vesely vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Dalma Galfi versus Kaja Juvan
• Aljaz Bedene & Soon Woo Kwon vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis & Nick Kyrgios (10)

• Frances Tiafoe (23) against Maximilian Marterer
• Tatjana Maria vs Sorana Cirstea (26)
• Maja Chwalinska vs. Alison Riske (28)
• Rajeev Ram & Joe Salisbury (1) vs. Daniel Altmaier & Carlos Taberner

Here’s what’s happening today across the four main squares:

Center Court (from 1:30 p.m.)

• Novak Djokovic (1) vs Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Caroline Garcia vs. Emma Raducanu (10)
• Andy Murray vs. John Isner (20)

• Jule Niemeier vs. Anett Kontaveit (2)
• Karolina Pliskova vs Tereza Martincova – 7-6(1) 5-5 to finish
• Cameron Norrie (9) against Jaume Munar
• Maria Sakkari (5) against Viktoriya Tomova

• Casper Ruud (3) vs. Ugo Humbert (15)
• Greet Minnen vs. Garbine Muguruza – 6-4 to finish
• Angelique Kerber versus Magda Linette
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (5)
• Qiang Wang vs. Heather Watson

• Ryan Peniston vs. Steve Johnson
• Yanina Wickmayer vs Jelena Ostapenko (12)
• Jannik Sinner (10) against Mikael Ymer
• Katarzyna Kawa vs Ons Jabeur (3)

While we wait here is a picture of Rufus the Falcon who has been keeping pigeons away from the All England Club for 15 years after taking over Hamish (also a Falcon).

As PA explain, the Wimbledon Hawk coach has revealed that in the early years of his now hugely successful career he was told to ‘get a real job’. Wayne Davis, from Corby in Northamptonshire, has been training hawks – Hamish and later Rufus – to purge pigeons from the All England Club in south-west London for 22 years.

No tennis yet this morning but the forecast is looking sunny and dry this afternoon. This will come as a relief to the organizers who are already behind with several first round matches still to be played including Britain’s Harriet Dart who takes on Rebeka Masarova in 12th place.

Another update on Court 3, where Peniston is due this morning: “Due to light rain in the area, there will be no play until 11.45am.”

The rain is easing here at Wimbledon and the outside courts are being prepared for the start of play, which has been pushed back slightly from its original 11am start.

Umbrellas slowly fall around Court 3, where 26-year-old Brit Ryan Peniston is trying to continue his dream ride in his first Grand Slam against veteran American Steve Johnson.