Rain pushes Wimbledon openers for Raonic, Marino, Andreescu to Wednesday

Several Canadian tennis players will have to wait at least another day before playing their first-round matches at Wimbledon.

Wet weather has hampered early play at the Grand Slam competition with rain forcing the suspension of several matches Tuesday.

Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., Rebecca Marino of Vancouver and Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., had their respective first-round matches pushed back to Wednesday.

Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Carol Zhao of Richmond Hill, Ont., remained on Tuesday's schedule.

Radu Albot of Moldova had a 7-5, 2-2 lead on Shapovalov when their first-round match was suspended Monday due to darkness. Zhao had yet to begin her opening match against Germany's Tamara Korpatsch.

There were mixed results for Canada on Day 1 of main draw competition. Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., won her first-round match while Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No. 11 seed, dropped his opener.

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In only his third Wimbledon tournament, Carlos Alcaraz is already one of the main men to beat.

The top-seeded Spaniard hasn't been past the fourth round at the All England Club, but he has become the primary threat in Novak Djokovic's quest for a record-equaling eighth men's title at the grass-court Grand Slam.

On Tuesday, Alcaraz beat Jeremy Chardy 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 on No. 1 Court -- a fitting location for the No. 1 player in the world.

The match was played under the roof because rain affected play on the outside courts for the second straight day.

"Obviously without the roof, with sun, is much better for me. I think for everyone as well," Alcaraz said on court. "With the roof or not, I have to show my best level."

His best led Alcaraz to