As play was suspended today, the 2002 winners John Kemp and Mark Wharton are engrossed in a tight match with French tour pros Raphael Marguery and Nicolas Techer, both based at La Boulie. All square at the turn they need to finish they way they did in the second round when they came back from a deficit at the turn to win 3&2 against Ross Kellet and David Lawwho play on the challenge tour.