Shelton returns to serve out win in just over a minute

American Ben Shelton needed conscionable 84 seconds to unafraid his spot successful nan 3rd information of Wimbledon aft his lucifer was suspended overnight for bad light.

The 10th seed was furious erstwhile nan umpire called disconnected play astatine 21:29 BST connected Thursday arsenic he prepared to service for nan lucifer against Rinky Hijikata.

Wimbledon defended nan decision, pinch tourney head Jamie Baker saying it had been "extremely dark".

On Friday, erstwhile nan lucifer resumed successful nan early day sun, Shelton wasted nary clip successful wrapping up a 6-2 7-5 6-4 victory.

He won nan lucifer pinch 3 aces and an unreturned 2nd serve.

"Sorry you guys didn't really get to spot overmuch tennis," nan 22-year-old told nan crowd connected tribunal two.

"I was hoping to possibly deed a fewer groundstrokes today, I mightiness person to spell to nan believe courts.

"Overall I couldn't beryllium much happy being successful nan 3rd information of Wimbledon."

Two-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Shelton joked he was "upset" not to person deed 4 aces, saying: "Hope to amended connected [that] successful nan adjacent round.

"For me, evidently you travel out, you're serving for nan match, nan nerves are location a small bit.

"To deed 3 aces and return nan unit disconnected myself, I couldn't beryllium happier pinch what I came retired and did."

He said it was nan 3rd aliases 4th clip he has had a lucifer divided complete 2 days astatine Wimbledon, and said it was a tourney wherever "you person sewage to beryllium capable to set connected nan fly, get utilized to nan stopping, starting, re-warming up and it's portion of what makes tennis fun".

Adding to Shelton's annoyance astatine nan suspension connected Thursday was nan truth he had mislaid 3 lucifer points connected Hijikata's service conscionable beforehand, and had besides asked if play could beryllium suspended earlier nan commencement of nan 3rd set.

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