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# Suspensions

## Overview

Matches can be suspended for a number of reasons. The most common reasons are:

* Rain Delays (Outside Courts only)
* Darkness (Outside Courts only)
* Pause (E.g. Streaker on court, or when the rain is very light and the umpire pauses briefly to check if play can continue)
* Heat - this can also be specified as a 10 minute heat break (Court becomes too hot, or they need a water break)
* Other (Can be for any of the reasons stated above, and is the default suspension reason prior to a match entering warm-up pre-match)

## Packets

Suspension packets can come at any time, as matches can become suspended at any time.

Below is a Rain suspension

* Suspension - Rain JSON

```
{
  "timestamp": "2022-06-30T17:42:34.487Z",
  "eventElementType": "MatchStatusUpdate",
  "matchTime": "01:56:50",
  "seqNum": 534,
  "matchStatus": {
    "umpireCountry": "FRA",
    "umpire": "T. MEVEL",
    "teamAPlayer1": "A. GRAY",
    "tossChooser": "Serve",
    "teamBPlayer2": "J. WITHROW",
    "teamAPlayer2": "R. PENISTON",
    "matchState": {
      "state": "Suspended",
      "suspensionType": "Rain",
      "locationTimestamp": "2022-06-30T18:42:31"
    },
    "teamBPlayer1": "J. VLIEGEN",
    "numSets": 5,
    "scoringType": "LastSetTiebreak12",
    "firstServer": "TeamA",
    "tossWinner": "TeamA",
    "courtNum": 5,
    "teamAPlayersDetails": {
      "player1Id": "G0AO",
      "player2Id": "PH78",
      "player1Country": "GBR",
      "player2Country": "GBR"
    },
    "teamBPlayersDetails": {
      "player1Id": "V895",
      "player2Id": "W686",
      "player1Country": "BEL",
      "player2Country": "USA"
    },
    "umpireCode": "DjYAAA",
    "tieBreakType": "TieBreakInFinalSet"
  }
}
```

Once a suspension is over, an unsuspended packet is sent, e.g:

* Unsuspended JSON

```
{
  "timestamp": "2022-07-01T12:19:10.746Z",
  "eventElementType": "MatchStatusUpdate",
  "matchTime": "01:56:50",
  "seqNum": 535,
  "matchStatus": {
    "umpireCountry": "FRA",
    "umpire": "T. MEVEL",
    "teamAPlayer1": "A. GRAY",
    "tossChooser": "Serve",
    "teamBPlayer2": "J. WITHROW",
    "teamAPlayer2": "R. PENISTON",
    "matchState": {
      "state": "Unsuspended",
      "suspensionType": "Rain",
      "suspensionEnded": "2022-07-01T13:19:09",
      "locationTimestamp": "2022-06-30T18:42:31"
    },
    "teamBPlayer1": "J. VLIEGEN",
    "numSets": 5,
    "scoringType": "LastSetTiebreak12",
    "firstServer": "TeamA",
    "tossWinner": "TeamA",
    "courtNum": 7,
    "teamAPlayersDetails": {
      "player1Id": "G0AO",
      "player2Id": "PH78",
      "player1Country": "GBR",
      "player2Country": "GBR"
    },
    "teamBPlayersDetails": {
      "player1Id": "V895",
      "player2Id": "W686",
      "player1Country": "BEL",
      "player2Country": "USA"
    },
    "umpireCode": "DjYAAA",
    "tieBreakType": "TieBreakInFinalSet"
  }
}
```

Then, depending on how long the suspension was, there may be a 'Post Suspension Warm Up' packet, e.g:

* Post Suspension Warm Up JSON

```
{
  "timestamp": "2022-07-01T12:19:51.903Z",
  "eventElementType": "MatchStatusUpdate",
  "matchTime": "01:56:50",
  "seqNum": 536,
  "matchStatus": {
    "umpireCountry": "FRA",
    "umpire": "T. MEVEL",
    "teamAPlayer1": "A. GRAY",
    "tossChooser": "Serve",
    "teamBPlayer2": "J. WITHROW",
    "teamAPlayer2": "R. PENISTON",
    "matchState": {
      "state": "PostSuspensionWarmup",
      "locationTimestamp": "2022-07-01T13:19:50"
    },
    "teamBPlayer1": "J. VLIEGEN",
    "numSets": 5,
    "scoringType": "LastSetTiebreak12",
    "firstServer": "TeamA",
    "tossWinner": "TeamA",
    "courtNum": 7,
    "teamAPlayersDetails": {
      "player1Id": "G0AO",
      "player2Id": "PH78",
      "player1Country": "GBR",
      "player2Country": "GBR"
    },
    "teamBPlayersDetails": {
      "player1Id": "V895",
      "player2Id": "W686",
      "player1Country": "BEL",
      "player2Country": "USA"
    },
    "umpireCode": "DjYAAA",
    "tieBreakType": "TieBreakInFinalSet"
  }
}
```

However, if the suspension was not long, there will not be a warm up. The next packed will simple be the 'In Progress' packet.


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