London, July 4 -- American Ben Shelton needed just 69 seconds to secure his spot in the third round of Wimbledon after his match was suspended overnight for bad light.
The 10th seed was furious when the umpire called off play at 21:29 BST on Thursday as he prepared to serve for the match against Rinky Hijikata.
Wimbledon defended the decision, with tournament director Jamie Baker saying it had been "extremely dark".
On Friday, when the match resumed in the early afternoon sun, Shelton wasted no time in wrapping up a 6-2 7-5 6-4 victory.
He won the match with three aces and an unreturned second serve.
"Sorry you guys didn't really get to see much tennis," the 22-year-old told the crowd on court two.
"I was hoping to maybe hit a few gro...