Shelton returns to serve out win in just over a minute

After his match was suspended overnight due to bad lighting, American Ben Shelton was only able to get into the third round of Wimbledon in just 84 seconds.

As he prepared to face Rinky Hijikata, the umpire abruptly ended play at 21:29 BST on Thursday.

Wimbledon defended the decision, calling it “extremely dark,” according to tournament director Jamie Baker.

Shelton was in no hurry to claim a 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 victory when the match resumed on Friday when it was back in the early afternoon sun.

He had three aces and an unreturned second serve for the win.

The 22-year-old apologized to the crowd on court two, “Sorry you guys didn’t really get to see a lot of tennis.”

I might have to go to the practice courts because I was hoping to do some groundwork today.

Overall, I’m thrilled to be in Wimbledon’s third round.

Shelton, a two-time Grand Slam semi-finalist, joked that he was “upset” not to have hit four aces and that he would “hope to improve on] that in the coming round.

“You obviously come out, you’re serving for the match, and you’ve got some nerves,” I said.

I couldn’t be happier with what I did to score three aces and relieve myself of the pressure.

He claimed it was his third or fourth time having a match at Wimbledon that was split in three days, and that it required him to “adapt to the stopping, starting, and re-warming up, and it’s part of what makes tennis fun.”