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Greg Rusedski insisted he still had several more chances to win Wimbledon after his disappointing fourth-round exit at the hands of Xavier Malisse.

The British number two lost the final set of his delayed clash with the Belgian in just 32 minutes on Centre Court to bow out of the championships.

The match had been finely poised at two sets all overnight after play was suspended shortly before 2100 on Monday evening, moments after Malisse had taken the fourth set to level the match.

The interruption should have been to Rusedski's advantage as Malisse had threatened to establish control before play was called off for the day.

But the 23rd seed lost his serve when he netted a simple volley in the seventh game, and Malisse held his nerve to complete a 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory, saving one of two break points with a thumping ace.

Rusedski, who has only reached one Wimbledon quarter-final in 10 attempts, said: "It's obviously disappointing, it was a great opportunity and I thought I played the better tennis but did not win the important points. That's what it comes down to.

"It came down to one missed volley and one forehand I missed by about three inches. I had a lot of chances, he had chances, he took his and I did not take mine.

"It's tough to come out and play one set. I thought I started well and it came down to maybe two balls.

"The crowd has been great that's why I applauded them at the end. Even though I lost I wanted to acknowledge their support.

"I'll be back next year. I think I have a chance and I've got quite a few more years. I think I've got the people around me now that can help me get there. I have to come back next year and take my chances.

"I think it was a great opportunity although if I look at my section it was a pretty rough section of all of them in the tournament. I did the best I could. There's still going to be next year."

The match hinged on the seventh game of the decider when a brilliant lob and forehand winner gave Malisse a break point.

The 21-year-old's return then looped over the net to provide Rusedski with an apparently easy volley, but the left-hander's forehand found the top of the net and gifted Malisse a 5-3 lead.

"I knew on break point if I got it back he would get a little tight and that was my plan," said Malisse, who has now beaten British players in three of the last four Grand Slams, having beaten Tim Henman in the US Open last year and the second round of the French Open earlier this year.

"If I got it back and moved around a bit he sometimes takes his eye off the ball and looks at the player and he missed an easy volley.

"I think it's the pressure and maybe I would do the same. I missed two balls in the last game I shouldn't miss, everybody is tight and it's who handles it better. I feel good on grass and every match is getting better and better."

Meanwhile, defending ladies champion Venus Williams had no problems against Elena Likhovtseva in their Wimbledon quarter-final on Tuesday.

After a tight start, which saw the score move to 2-2, Likhovtseva collapsed and lost the next ten games as Williams eased to a 6-2 6-0 win.

"I don't think I've played better," admitted the back-to-back champion. "When it happens like it did today, it's very nice."

Williams, who has dropped only one set in her four matches, was at her ruthless best, winning all but one of her six break points to dismiss the 48th-world ranked Russian with contemptuous ease.

The 26-year-old Russian had failed to take a set off Williams in any of their seven previous meetings going back five years and only briefly threatened to end her dismal run.

She began well enough, restricting the world number one to a solitary point in her first two service games, and the first five games all went with serve.

But that was as good as it got for Likhovtseva.

Williams will now face Justine Henin in the last four in a repeat of last year's final.

In between the rain showers, Henin edged a tense battle with American Monica Seles 7-5 7-6 to progress.

Both players made plenty of errors and the rain did not help the flow of the match which was interrupted twice.

But Henin emerged a deserved winner, taking the second-set tie-break 7-4. It was the first time she had beaten Seles in five attempts.

Henin said: "I wasn't afraid or nervous and I played without any complex today.

"The conditions were very difficult - it was windy and very hard when we had to stop for the rain.

"But I tried to stay really focused and I proved today finally that I wasn't scared to play against her. The key was to be aggressive."

The rain also forced Jennifer Capriati and Eleni Daniilidou back out on to Court 18 - the same court on which the first two sets of their fourth-round clash had been played on Monday night. They had been due to return on Court One.

When they did resume, Capriati, who had dropped the second set in the gloom on Monday, wasted little time in reaching the last eight.

She won the deciding set 6-1 to set up a meeting with Amelie Mauresmo.

Capriati admitted the weather had come to her rescue by forcing the match into a second day.

"It was tough to come back after a rain delay, especially after a day," she said. "You have to be really ready to come out from the first ball.

"It probably was helpful. She was a completely different player today. In the second set yesterday she was unbelievable and it would have been very tough to beat her if she had kept playing that way.

"She was playing some great shots and great tennis. But today I really came out strong."

In the fourth round of the men's singles, Mark Philippoussis and Richard Krajicek were involved in an epic battle which was halted rain.

The big-serving pair blasted down ace after ace on Court One and when the weather brought an early halt, they could not be separated - the score standing at two sets all, each set having gone to a tie-break.

Krajicek took the match, which will be completed on Wednesday, to a final set by winning the fourth set just before the rain fell.