THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, London — This was always going to happen to Ben Shelton. The numbers said it would.He was going to get into a tight match on grass, perhaps at Wimbledon, against a less accomplished player. The sets and the match were going to go long, coming down to a few points. And with little margin for error, Shelton, the No. 4 seed at this year’s tournament, was going to have to find a way to break his opponent’s serve to give himself a cushion.The grass gives him great advantages on his serve. On return, it shrinks the previous few chances he can create for himself.And with that, what looked on paper like a golden opportunity for Shelton to journey deep into the most important tournament in the sport got yanked out of his grasp by Otto Virtanen of Finland, who came back from two sets to one down to beat Shelton in five, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(8) 6-2, 7-6(11-9) on No. 2 Court at the All England Club.“I’m here, I played to the last point. … A big win on a big court in my favorite place,” Virtanen, 25, said in his on-court interview.Why do players wear white at Wimbledon?Ava Wallace and Madison EadesIt may be a while before Shelton, 23, gets another opportunity like the one that presented itself at Wimbledon this year. With Carlos Alcaraz sidelined with an injured wrist, Shelton, the world No. 5, became the fourth seed, with his own quarter of the draw to conquer. He landed on the opposite half of the draw from Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic, the only two players in the men’s draw who have won the title here.