At Court Suzanne Lenglen, the second major court on the grounds, Soderling, the fifth seed, lost a second-set tie breaker to Ryan Harrison, a 19-year-old who had received entry into the tournament only hours earlier, when another player backed out because of injury.
He did not send his players back out for the bottom of the ninth, and the umpires finally called for a delay.
However, just as the second half got underway with the players back out from the changing rooms, a number of fans ran onto the Bloomfield Road pitch to protest against Karl Oyston and his family.
Virtually half the crowd was dressed in red jerseys and if I have one regret, it is that we did not take the players back out after the match to acknowledge the magnificent support.
He secured one at Texas Tech a week after signing day because another player backed out.
But when the market ground to a near-standstill in October, the buyer, a professional basketball player, backed out of the deal and gave up his deposit, said Richard Orenstein, an executive vice president at Halstead Property.
"This enemy player backed out of the middle of the match and sent me a voice message," Haniver says, remembering her worst experience.
At the end Prandelli sent his players back out to applaud the fans.
Stevenage Manager Graham Westley told BBC Three Counties Radio: "It was a much more encouraging performance but then again we had a lot of big players back out there.
At 11.56 the players were back out again, warming up.
