Rain put paid to late play in the XL Capital Bermuda Open last night.

Organisers were forced to scrap the scheduled evening games when the heavens opened and forecasters predicted the wet weather would last throughout the night.

Tournament director Alec Anderson announced the decision around 7.30 p.m. with a crowd having already gathered on the Centre Court in anticipation of the night's action.

Rain earlier in the day had already led to a rejigging of the schedule with three doubles matches being postponed.

Mike Bryan and Ota Fukarek were able to finish their singles match after a mid-afternoon halt, but the games between Spain's David Sanchez and Fernando Gonzalez from Chile and American Michael Russell and Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee will now be played today.

"The weather forecast from the Bermuda Weather Service, having spoken to them personally every hour or so, said that it was going to rain on and off all night,'' said Anderson shortly after taking the decision.

"As you can see now it's still raining and it's really not fair to the spectators or the players to have them stopping and starting and hoping to maybe play.'' Anderson said the weather would not lead to any major problems with the week's calendar.

"It's not going to upset our schedule in any major fashion at this stage. If we had two days like this that would be different, but the weather is looking good for tomorrow and so everything should be fine.'' Thankfully the rain did not come during a match and it will mean things can start afresh today.

Although last night's spectators went home disappointed today's will benefit from the extra matches.

"You might probably see a few extra doubles matches being played where one pair wins and they may have to play a second time,'' Anderson said.

Those who held tickets last night would still be able to use them today, he added.

"They can use them during the day definitely and actually we are saying they can use them tomorrow night on a first-come-first-served basis,'' Anderson said.

As for the rest of the week, Anderson said he was confident the worst of the weather was behind them.

"It's looking good,'' he said. "It's looking good for two or three days we are told.''