U.S. Open Faces Fourth Consecutive Year of Rain Delays

Arthur Ashe Stadium at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.

The men’s final tennis match of the U.S. Open has been delayed the last three years in a row and, if the weather at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York, stays wet, 2011’s men’s final might face the same fate.

As of Wednesday, two men’s quarterfinal matches have been postponed due to unsafe conditions on the court. The Novak Djokovic versus Janko Tipsarevic...