Fifth seed James Blake was one of only six players who beat the rain to complete their matches on a frustrating day at the Stella Artois Championships.
Blake was the first and only man to race into the third round after he swatted aside fellow American Justin Gimelstob 7-5 6-1.
Coming into the tournament a career-high seventh in the world, the American had the upper hand throughout his contest and captured the first set when Gimelstob was beaten by a delectable lob.
After breaking for a 3-1 lead in the second, Blake blazed through to chalk up his third win in four meetings against Gimelstob as clouds gathered over Queen's club.
Scottish hope Andy Murray was poised to level his match against unheralded Serbian Janko Tipsarevic at one set all when persistent showers brought a premature end to the day's play. Tipsarevic leads 7-6 2-5.
Champion Andy Roddick did not even manage to get out of the locker room. He will have to wait another 24 hours before he can begin his quest for an unprecedented fourth successive Queen's crown against Canadian qualifier Frank Dancevic.
Ninth seed Robby Ginepri, Russian 15th seed Dmitry Tursunov and 16th seed Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand were among the players who progressed to the second round.
