News about Ben Shelton • Wimbledon

Shelton and Hijikata's second round match was suspended at 9:29 p.m. local time in London due to darkness, as the sun had set about 10 minutes earlier. At the time that officials called the match, Shelton was leading Hijikata 6-2, 7-5, 5-4 — and on serve while one game from a straight set victory.

How does the referee decide when to suspend play? Ben Shelton's second-round match against Rinky Hijikata on Thursday was suspended because of bad light when he was two sets up and led 5-4 in the third - so was potentially one game from victory.