Rain suspended play during Novak’s fourth round match against no.18 seed Stanislas Wawrinka.
Defending champion was on Louis Armstrong court after seven-hour rain delay.
He made a break in the second game for 2-0 lead when it started raining again.
US Open officials suspended play for the remainder of the day on Tuesday night after rain forced players off the court for the fourth time since matches began in the morning.
The last 16 clash is scheduled to resume on Wednesday about 15.00 local time (21.00 CET).
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