With the American up two sets to none and leading 5-4 in the third set of his match with Rinky Hijikata, play was suspended to avoid reaching the curfew that is in place at the All England Club. A handful of matches at this year's tournament have suffered the same fate, including Taylor Fritz's first round contest.

Ben Shelton was four points away from winning his tennis match against Rinky Hijikata during the second round at Wimbledon before it was suspended for

Two-time Grand Slam semifinalist Ben Shelton’s second-round match at Wimbledon has been suspended because of fading light with him a game away from beating Rinky Hijikata

This most unpredictable of Wimbledons delivered yet another surprise when Madison Keys was a lopsided loser in the third round to 104th-ranked Laura Siegemund.

There were to be no Fourth of July celebrations for American Madison Keys as she joined the exodus of seeds from Wimbledon with a 6-3 6-3 defeat by 104th-ranked German Laura Siegemund in the third round on Friday.

Australian Open champion Madison Keys became the latest star to crash out of Wimbledon as the American sixth seed was stunned by Laura Siegemund on Friday.Siegemund, who beat former US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez in the second round,

LONDON (Reuters) -Top seed Aryna Sabalenka takes on Britain's Emma Raducanu, while American Taylor Fritz faces Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina when the third round at Wimbledon begins on Friday. Twice defending champion Carlos Alcaraz continues his three-in-a-row bid when he plays German Jan-Lennard Struff,

Carlos Alcaraz returns to Centre Court on Friday as he continues his quest for a third straight Wimbledon title, while Emma Raducanu aims to add Aryna Sabalenka to the scrapheap of top seeds. - Raducanu confident - Former US Open champion Raducanu believes she can oust women's world number one Sabalenka in a Centre Court blockbuster.

Iga Swiatek may not love the grass but relishes a battle whatever the surface and showed all that fight and bullish determination as she recovered to beat American Caty McNally 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 and reach the Wimbledon third round on Thursday.